West Island Way, Isle of Bute

Name: West Island Way
Address: Isle of Bute, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Isle of Bute

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The West Island Way is a waymarked long distance footpath on the Isle of Bute. The route opened in September 2000 as part of Bute's millennium celebrations, and was the first waymarked long distance route on a Scottish island. As of 2018 it was estimated that between six and seven thousand people were using the trail each year. The route is designated as one of Scotland's Great Trails by NatureScot. ()

Length: 29.83 miCoordinates: 55°49'60"N, 5°4'60"W

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West Island Way – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Stuart House, Rothesay Castle, Kirk Dam, Bute Museum.

3.8 miSE
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Mount Stuart House, Rothesay
98 min walk • Mount Stuart House, on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland, is a country house built in the Gothic Revival style and the ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bute. It was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson for the 3rd Marquess in the late 1870s, replacing an earlier house by Alexander McGill, which burnt down in 1877.
1.1 miE
13th-century circular castle ruin
Rothesay Castle, Rothesay
29 min walk • Rothesay Castle is a ruined castle in Rothesay, the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in western Scotland. Located at NS086646, the castle has been described as "one of the most remarkable in Scotland", for its long history dating back to the beginning of the 13th century, and its unusual circular plan.
1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kirk Dam, Isle of Bute
29 min walk • Kirk Dam is an impounding dam, located 1.5 kilometres south of Rothesay, and is separated by a causeway from the much larger Loch Fad to the south-west.
1.1 miE
55°50'9"N • 5°3'17"W
Bute Museum, Rothesay
29 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.2 miSW
Island
Inchmarnock
107 min walk • Inchmarnock is an island at the northern end of the Sound of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland. The island is privately owned.
1.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Fad, Isle of Bute
49 min walk • Loch Fad is a freshwater loch on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. Its name means "long loch" in Scottish Gaelic. It lies on the Highland Boundary Fault. Its surface area is 71 hectares, fairly large for a freshwater loch on an island in Scotland. It is the site of one of the largest rainbow trout cage farms in the UK.
2.1 miN
Forts and castles
Kames Castle, Port Bannatyne
53 min walk • Kames Castle is a 16th-century tower house located on the shore of Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne, on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. The castle, which is set in 20 acres of planted grounds, includes a 2-acre 18th-century walled garden. It is extended through the addition of a range of stone cottages.
1.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dhu Loch, Isle of Bute
44 min walk • Dhu Loch is an impounding reservoir, located 1 kilometre directly west of the much larger Loch Fad and 5 kilometres south west of Rothesay. The loch is part of the water supply system for the town. The earthen dam is 8.1 metres high and was completed in 1905.
1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Ascog, Isle of Bute
46 min walk • Loch Ascog is a small reservoir on the east coast of the island of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The loch supplies water to the town of Rothesay and the fishing rights are held by the Isle of Bute Angling Association.
2.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Kilmory Castle, Isle of Bute
59 min walk • Kilmory Castle is the remains of a 15th-century castle at Meikle Kilmory, Isle of Bute, Scotland. The castle was the residence of the Jamiesons of Kilmorie, and was already a ruin in the 18th century.
6.3 miNW
Harbor
Rhubodach, Isle of Bute
161 min walk • Rhubodach is a small settlement on the north-eastern shore of the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The name Rhubodach may come from the Gaelic Rubha a' Bhodaich which translates as old man's point or promontory or alternatively may be from An Rubha Bhòdaich meaning the Bute headland.