Loch Creran, Appin

Name: Loch Creran
Address: Appin, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Appin

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Loch Creran is a sea loch in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. It is about 10 kilometres long from its head at Invercreran to its mouth on the Lynn of Lorne, part of Loch Linnhe. The loch separates the areas of Benderloch to the south and Appin to the north. The island of Eriska lies at the mouth of the loch. The loch is bridged at its narrowest point at Creagan, by the A828 road. The village of Barcaldine lies on the south shore of the loch. ()

Alternative names: Established: 2014Coordinates: 56°31'39"N, 5°20'21"W

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Appin United Kingdom

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Loch Creran – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Stalker, Dunstaffnage Castle, Connel Bridge, Falls of Lora.

3.5 miNW
14th-century castle with limited tours
Castle Stalker, Appin
89 min walk • Castle Stalker is a four-storey tower house or keep. It is set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is about 1+1⁄2 miles north-east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland, and is visible from the A828 road about midway between Oban and Glen Coe.
6.3 miSW
13th-century fortress of the MacDougalls
Dunstaffnage Castle, Oban
160 min walk • Dunstaffnage Castle is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It lies 3 miles NNE of Oban, situated on a platform of conglomerate rock on a promontory at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive, and is surrounded on three sides by the sea.
5.3 miS
Bridge
Connel Bridge
136 min walk • Connel Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans Loch Etive at Connel in Scotland. The bridge takes the A828 road across the narrowest part of the loch, at the Falls of Lora. It is a category B listed structure.
5.2 miS
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Falls of Lora, Oban
133 min walk • The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. They form white water rapids for two to five days either side of the spring tides.
4.8 miS
Monastery
Ardchattan Priory
122 min walk • The Ardchattan Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community in Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland. It was founded in 1230 by Duncan MacDougal, Lord of Argyll. From the early 14th century, the Prior of Ardchattan held the chantership of Lismore Cathedral.
5.4 miW
Church
St Moluag's Cathedral, Isle of Lismore
138 min walk • St. Moluag's Cathedral is located on the Scottish island of Lismore just off the coast of Oban. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the church is not technically a cathedral, in spite of its name.
4.9 miW
Archaeological site
Tirefour Castle, Isle of Lismore
126 min walk • Tirefour Castle, is an Iron Age broch located 4 kilometres north of Achnacroish on the island of Lismore, Scotland.
2.8 miW
Island
Eriska
72 min walk • Eriska is a flat tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland. Privately owned by the Buchanan-Smiths from 1973 until August 2016, Eriska is now owned by Creation Gem, a family-owned business from Hong Kong.
4.7 miNW
Island
Shuna Island
121 min walk • Shuna Island or simply Shuna is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin. The island is approximately two kilometres long and one kilometre wide and extends to some 155 ha in total.