📌 Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran
★★★
The channel between the Isle of Arran and Holy Island reaches its narrowest point close to Kingscross Point north of Whiting Bay, where only about 500 metres of water separates the two islands. The headland has great views and is adorned with a mostly grassy ancient fort; reach it by an attractive part of the Arran Coastal Way along coast, through woodland and alongside fields from Sandbraes. The return cuts back inland, with a good (but brief) outlook over Whiting Bay from the final descent.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on Sandbraes Road, just off A841, 1 mi north of Whiting Bay village centre, Isle of Arran
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 047273
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.499974,-5.093663
🚌 Bus stops on A841 nearby to south
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 70 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr
Features: 🌊 Kingscross Point, coastline & fort
⬤ Easy | Paths, tracks & minor roads, short shingle beach section, a little ascent / descent.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Kingscross Point via Arran Coastal Way – continue on Arran Coastal Way to 45m spot height to WSW – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Horses in an adjacent field. Mute swans, a heron, gulls, oystercatchers, tits, robins. Crabs & fish in rockpools.
Weather: Some sun to east, otherwise quite a lot of cloud, temperature in high teens.
September 2025
