📌 Lochranza, Isle of Arran
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🛠️ Site closed for masonry work – exterior viewable (checked April 2024)
Lochranza is one of the few settlements on Arran’s quieter west coast, separated from the island’s east coast by a high road pass. It also acts as Arran’s “back door”, being the arrival point for the less popular of the island’s two ferry routes. The (tiny) village forms a strung-out horseshoe, gazing onto Loch Ranza which provides a beautiful focus; alone on a peninsula jutting into the loch is Lochranza Castle. This atmospheric ruin is over 700 years old, built by Clan MacSween and converted into a tower house in the 1500s.
🌍 Location
📌Off the A841, 5-min walk north of Lochranza village “centre”, Isle of Arran
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NR 933507
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.705265,-5.291078
🚢🚌 Ferry / bus to Lochranza
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Daily, April to September
🎫 Free
