It's a long long narrow windy road, calld "The Long Road" oddly enough. There's no car hire on Jura, but see above for minibus hire. The bus makes other runs on request, by phone the previous day.īy car: Most visitors bring their own car over from the mainland, or hire one on Islay. It continues north to road's end at Inverlussa twice a day, more often on school days. This runs between Feolin ferry pier and Craighouse up to five times a day, taking 20 min, fare £2.40. From time to time there's talk of instigating one, but it would need heavy public subsidy to build port facilities and meet the operating costs, so it doesn't seem at all likely.īy bus: The one and only public bus along Jura's one and only road is Bus 456 operated by Garelochhead Coaches (+44 1436 810200). Jura is the largest Scottish island to have no direct car ferry from the mainland. A day-trip gives you six hours on the island. Advance booking is needed (online or +44 7768 450000). Fares in 2023 are £25 each way, bikes £2.50, children under 5 and dogs free, 20 kg luggage limit. It takes 45-60 min in a bouncy Rib, which has a cabin so you stay dry. There are two sailings M and W-Sa, and one on Sunday. The "terminal" is little more than a cabin, but at least it gets you out of the rain.ĥ5.833 -5.951 2 Craighouse the main settlement (since it's the only settlement) is the landing point of the Jura Passenger Ferry, a foot passenger service April-Sept from Tayvallich near Lochgilphead on the mainland. Don't be tardy at Feolin Ferry, as the ferry is battling against the wind and currents in the strait, and won't stay on the pier a moment longer than it needs to. No booking, just pay on board, return fares (until April 2024) are £21.60 per car and driver, £4.40 per adult passenger, £2.40 per child. It's run by ASP Ship Management on behalf of the Council, so you won't find the definitive timetable on the Calmac website. This sails year-round hourly M-Sa and every two hours Sunday, taking 5 min. The ferry from Kennacraig on the Scottish mainland sails either to Port Ellen, or to Port Askaig which is also the ferry pier for Jura.ĥ5.847 -6.09 1 Feolin Ferry on Jura is reached by a small ro-ro from Port Askaig on Islay. There's no air service so you come by boat, usually via Islay - see that page for long-distance travel options. Get in The main road through Craighouse "An extremely un-get-at-able place" - George Orwell's reason for taking a cottage on Jura A footpath to the island's north tip gives views of the Corryvreckan whirlpool. It passes Barnhill, where George Orwell (Eric Blair 1903-1950) stayed towards the end of his life, seriously ill with tuberculosis, and wrote his dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four. A private track (permission and 4WD essential) continues from there to the north of the island. The left fork runs north for 3 miles to the end of the public highway. Here the road forks: go right (south) to its terminus at Inverlussa, where it is possible to wild camp.
The island's residents live along the more sheltered east coast, and from Craighouse the A846 continues north through Lagg, Tarbet and Ardlussa. The classic views of them are from some miles away on the mainland or Islay, perhaps louring with cloud or set against a golden sky as the sun westers behind them. breasts - rear up just west, though from this close they look like what they are, bleak pyramids of scree surrounded by bog. The entire south part of the island is designated as a National Scenic Area, notable for bird life, and its seas are similarly protected. This tiny settlement is Jura's capital, with the only shop, hotel and pub on the island, and the only two places to eat out. From here a narrow lane, grandly designated the A846, winds over the hills to Craighouse. The main access point is Feolin on the southwest coast, where the ferry arrives from Islay.
Much of the land is used for deer-stalking, and during the season (Aug-Oct) it may be unsafe or prohibited to enter these areas. Jura has 7,000 red deer, and its name probably derives from Old Norse Dyrøy, "deer island". Understand The Paps seen from the Sound of Jura Most visitors come here as part of a trip to nearby Islay. It's on the same latitude as Edinburgh and Glasgow and lies within 5 miles of the mainland, yet feels very remote, with bleak terrain and lack of direct transport links. It has poor boggy soil and three conical hills known as the Paps of Jura. It's 30 miles long by 7 miles wide, with a population of only 196 in 2011. Jura (Gaelic Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.
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