Craignure

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| official_name = Craignure

| gaelic_name = Creag an Iubhair

| scots_name =

| label_position = left

| static_image_name = Craignure old pier - Seann chidhe Creag an Iubhair - geograph.org.uk - 599919.jpg

| static_image_caption = The old pier at Craignure

| population = 200

| population_ref = (approx.)

| os_grid_reference = NM717371

| coordinates = {{coord|56.471|-5.707|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish = Torosay

| unitary_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| lieutenancy_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| constituency_westminster = Argyll and Bute

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Argyll and Bute

| post_town = ISLE OF MULL

| postcode_district = PA65

| postcode_area = PA

| dial_code = 01680

}}

Craignure ({{IPAc-en|k|r|eɪ|ɡ|ˈ|nj|ʊər}}; {{langx|gd|Creag an Iubhair}}) is a village and the main ferry port on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Torosay.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails3784.html|title=Details of Craignure|publisher=Scottish Places|accessdate=31 December 2014}}

Geography

The village is located around Craignure Bay, on Mull's east coast. It has a population of roughly 200 people. Close to the village are two castles: Torosay and Duart.

Transport

=Ferry=

A regular ferry service connects Craignure with mainland Scotland via the Sound of Mull. The original pier, on the south side of the bay, was built in 1894. The present pier, on the west side of the bay, was built in 1964.{{cite book|title=The Isle of Mull:Island series; Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles|first=P. A.|last=Macnab|publisher=David & Charles|year=1970|page=106}} Ferries run every two hours (3 to 5 times per day during the winter, & up to 10 times per day during the summer){{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-craignure-mull-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Mid Summer Ferry Timetable|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=30 October 2017|archive-date=22 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722172711/https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-craignure-mull-ferry-summer-timetable|url-status=dead}} between Craignure and Oban (on the mainland) by CalMac.

{{rail line |previous=|next=Oban|route=Caledonian MacBrayne
Mull Ferry |col={{CalMac color}} }}

=Road=

Craignure is situated on the A849, an indirect route between Salen and Fionnphort.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A849|title=A849|publisher=Sabre|accessdate=31 December 2014}} The village is served by buses to Fionnphort and Tobermory.

=Railway=

Craignure railway station was on the now closed narrow gauge Isle of Mull Railway.

References

External links

[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/287065/details/mull+craignure/ Canmore - Mull, Craignure site record]
[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/22663/details/mull+craignure/ Canmore - Mull, Craignure site record]
[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/278834/details/cnoc+nan+cubairean+old+burial+ground/ Canmore - Cnoc Nan Cubairean, Old Burial Ground site record]

Category:Villages on the Isle of Mull