Cumbrae - Explore Cumbrae
We hope you enjoy the Cumbrae Heritage Trail. The letters in brackets correspond to the locations on the map below.
- (A) Ballochmartin Bay; Site of Special Scientific Interest
- (B) King Håkon's Fleet, 1263; Viking long ships and war
- (C) Lion Rock; geology imitating life
- (D) The Marine Station, 1897; studying Scotland's sea life
- (E) SY Scotia, 1902-04; Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
- (F) Duncan Macrae, 1905-1967; leading Scottish actor
- (G) Andrew Goldie, 1840-1891; Millport's Pacific explorer
- (H) Standing Stone; Cumbrae's rich prehistoric archaeology
- (I) Little Cumbrae; Great Cumbrae's sister island
- (J) Crocodile Rock, c.1900; the Clyde's fiercest stone
- (K) Cathedral of the Isles, 1849; smallest cathedral in Great Britain
- (L) The Garrison, c.1745; summer house of Earls of Glasgow
- (M) War Memorial, 1922; remembering Cumbrae's sacrifice
- (N) The Wedge; world's narrowest house
- (O) Cycling; national sport of Cumbrae
- (P) Cumbrae's Piers; jetties, slips and harbours
- (Q) Kirkton, c.700; Cumbrae's medieval centre
- (R) Fintry Bay Lemonade Factory; Kennedy's Aerated Waters and Tea Room
- (S) "Hush Hush"; WWII Anti-Submarine Detection Base
- (T) HMS Shearwater, 1844; memorial to two young seamen
Our app
You can download our libraries' app and access the Heritage Trails app. Follow the trail on the move from a mobile phone or tablet.
Click/touch the letters on the map below to read information about the location of each plaque. You may like to download (pdf) these Cumbrae Trail Notes to accompany your walk. They contain more information on additional interesting sites to look out for on your walk.
We've collated all the information from the Cumbrae Trail into this single pdf file (741Kb) for your convenience.
