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  • Welcome to the Isle of Cumbrae
  • It's Scotland's most accessible island
  • and it just 8 minutes by ferry from the mainland
  • With safe, sandy beaches
  • Come on foot, by bike, by car, by boat or just canoe across
  • There's fun for all the family and happy memories to take away
  • and safe fun for all the kids
  • Millport's famous Crocodile Rock is 100 this year (since it was first painted)
  • Don't forget to get a picture of the kids on the Crocodile!
  • There are great views from the 18 hole golf course
  • Millport has its very own harbour
  • Millport Raft Race - one of many annual events on the Island
  • We have some friendly neighbours - a colony of some 40 seals make their home here
  • You can enjoy peace and tranquility and spectacular sunsets
  • Millport has a compact town centre with all you need to relax
  • Millport harbour and Wee Cumbrae
  • View across Kames Bay to Arran in the background

Welcome to the Isle of Great Cumbrae -

Make 2013 the year when you discover the "Jewel in the Clyde". The Isle Great Cumbrae is Scotland’s most accessible island and can be reached in just over 8 minutes from the Ayrshire town of Largs, and just over 60 minutes from Glasgow by car, bus or train.

You'll discover a world that time forgot; safe sandy beaches; strolling along a prom; relaxing with great views; eating out in cafes, pubs and restaurants; just unwinding and letting the world go by.

We have the UK's smallest cathedral, the house with the smallest frontage,  a world famous Marine Research Station, over 1000 bikes for hire, ferry crossings every 15 min in the summer, a good variety of shops, indoor and outdoor amusements and much, much more - so make a date in your diary now to ensure that you discover this hidden paradise. For more high resolution pictures and information, check out our new e-brochure now.

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