Craignure

Craignure

Coordinates: 56°28′N 5°43′W / 56.46°N 5.71°W / 56.46; -5.71

Craignure
Scottish Gaelic: Creag an Iubhair
Craignure is located in Argyll and Bute
Craignure

 Craignure shown within Argyll and Bute
Population 200 (roughly.)
OS grid reference NM713
Council area Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ISLE OF MULL
Postcode district PA65
Dialling code 01680
Police Strathclyde
Fire Strathclyde
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament Argyll and Bute
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Craignure (Scottish Gaelic: Creag an Iubhair) is a village and the main ferry port on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

The south end of Craignure photographed from the ferry

The village is located around Craignure Bay, on Mull's east coast. It has a population of roughly 200 people.

The original pier, on the south side of the bay, was built in 1894. The present pier, on the west was built in 1964.[1] Ferries run every two hours (3 to 5 times per day during the winter, 6 times per day during the summer) between Craignure and Oban (on the mainland) by CalMac. The village is served by buses to Fionnphort and Tobermory.

Craignure railway station is on the narrow gauge Isle of Mull Railway.

Close to the village are two castles: Torosay and Duart.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Craignure". Undiscovered Scotland. http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/craignure/index.html. Retrieved 25 January 2009. 

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