#Millport isle of cumbrae accommodation free#

TheyРІР‚в„ўre available to buy from the little ticket office at the Largs slip. TheyРІР‚в„ўre already super cheap! About Р’Р€3.50 per person and about Р’Р€13 for an average-length car. Unlike with the Dunoon ferry, thereРІР‚в„ўs no secret tip for getting cheaper tickets here. Flat except for one small hill section just after Kilbirnie. Use a portion of Sustrans National Cycle Route 7 - itРІР‚в„ўs just over 30 miles of cycling but is good shared-use (walkers, even occasional horses) path off of the main road for most of it. Click here for all of the train and ticket info from the operator, Scotrail. The train takes about an hour, there are up to 19 (!) trains per day running this route, tickets start at Р’Р€5.05 one-way based on a return fare. Regular trains from Glasgow Central Station, running early (from about 6am) until late (until about 11pm). McGillРІР‚в„ўs buses 901 and 906 run from Glasgow to Largs by go via the coast rather than the more direct cross-country route that the train takes. The only council-run car park in the whole of North Ayshire which operates a pay and display system is Largs seafront car park - which is right next to the ferry. The ferry slip is off the main road in the busiest part of town - expect to hunt around for a while and/or just park a further away from the ferry.

#Millport isle of cumbrae accommodation free#

Give yourself enough time to find a free parking space somewhere outside of the town centre and then to walk to the ferry. Yes, but donРІР‚в„ўt think that you will be able to drop the car right next to the Ferry port slip. If you reach the ferris wheel or Vikingar, youРІР‚в„ўve gone too far. Go right at the bottom of the steep hill section and the follow signs for the ferry terminal. It will take just under an hour, using the M8 towards Glasgow Airport / Paisley then A737 Johnstone, then A760 Lochwhinnoch then down a steep hairpin section to drop you in Largs. Use postcode KA30 8BG for the Ferry terminal in a Satnav or on Google Maps. ItРІР‚в„ўs timed to meet the ferries, costs about Р’Р€2 and takes about 10 minutes to drop you in town.

There is a bus, number 320, to Millport from the ferry slip. The roads are single track tarmac and there is no pavement for most of it except in the towns or for some (oddly) short stretches. If you decide to go on the ferry as a foot passenger, itРІР‚в„ўs worth knowing that the ferry doesnРІР‚в„ўt drop you off directly in Millport town, it drops you about 3 miles North-East of it. The island is only an 8 minute ferry trip from Largs on the North Ayrshire coast (easily accesible from Glasgow by car, bus, train or dedicated cycle path).

The Calmac ferries run all year round, allbeit on slightly different Summer/Winter timetables but manage to drop off and pick up hundreds of people every 15-30 minutes or so. For such a small island, it has a population in excess of 1,000 people and this population rises dramatically in Summer too as itРІР‚в„ўs such a popular holiday destination, and the most popular thing to do, is cycle the coastal loop.Р”В®veryone should cycle around Cumbrae once in their life! ItРІР‚в„ўs the perfect family day out РІР‚вЂњ from babies to grannies and everyone in between.Р”В¬umbrae has been called РІР‚СљScotlandРІР‚в„ўs most accesible islandРІР‚Сњ, which apart from those islands now connected to the mainland by bridges (like Seil, and Skye), is because of the frequency and speed of the ferry trips from the mainland. The island is roughly four miles long and two miles wide. Millport is the name of the biggest town on the island and most people, especially Glaswegians as far as I can tell, call the whole island Millport as a result. The problem is, the island isnРІР‚в„ўt actually called Millport. Little Cumbrae is uninhabited but can be visited.Р”Р‡or those unfamiliar with РІР‚СљThe Isle of CumbraeРІР‚Сњ aka РІР‚СљGreat CumbraeРІР‚СњРІР‚В¦ itРІР‚в„ўs Millport. Great Cumbrae is the larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland, just off the coast of Largs.