It faces south towards Alloway where Burns was born. The trees inside the fencing have now been removed because apparently “they won't grow properly in the wind-swept location”.

Behind the statue, looking north-east, are Irvine police station (with solar panels on the roof) and, across the Kilwinning Road and a little to the left, Si! bar and restaurant.

Meantime the trees outside the fence have now grown so much that it's hard to see the statue except from over the river, as in these photos.

An older photo before the trees grew to hide the statue from the south.

This is the nearby weir on the River Irvine, the highest point to which it is tidal.

Those ducks on the river are in salt/brackish water and totally unconcerned by the camera rig.

The weir and the statue both in one photo to show the close proximity of the statue to the River Irvine more clearly. Upstream is to the right.