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North Ayrshire

Lochranza

The Isle of Arran is part of in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west.
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  • Type: Village with 251 residents
  • Description: village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Loch Raonasa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lochranza Castle and Lochranza distillery.

Castle
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an L-plan fortified tower house situated on a promontory in Lochranza, on the northern part of the in Scotland. Most of the current structure was built in the 16th century.

Distillery
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is a whisky distillery in Lochranza, Scotland, on the . It primarily releases its whisky under the Arran name. In 1994 Arran Distillers Ltd. was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran.

Peak
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a hill 332 metres high at the northernmost part of the in western , east of the village of Lochranza. is situated 1½ miles east of Lochranza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Catacol and Skipness.

Village
Photo: Wendy Kirkwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village on the , in the council area of , Scotland.

Village
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Tarbert is a village in on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another. is situated 5 miles northwest of Lochranza.

Hamlet
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The Isle of Arran is part of in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west. is situated 5 miles southwest of Lochranza.

Lochranza

Latitude
55.70459° or 55° 42′ 17″ north
Longitude
-5.29515° or 5° 17′ 43″ west
Population
251
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
9C7PPP33+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27584962
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2643806
Wiki­data ID
Q667705
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Lochranza” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lochranza”
  • Bulgarian: “Лочранза”
  • Catalan: “Lochranza”
  • Cebuano: “Lochranza”
  • Dutch: “Lochranza”
  • French: “Lochranza”
  • German: “Lochranza”
  • Hebrew: “לוכרנזה”
  • Irish: “Loch Raonasa”
  • Italian: “Lochranza”
  • Japanese: “ロホランザ”
  • Persian: “لاکرانزا”
  • Romanian: “Lochranza”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Raonasa”
  • Swedish: “Lochranza”
  • “Lochranza”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lochranza Post Office and Lochranza and Catacol Village Hall.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Lochranza”. Photo: Markarianuk, Public domain.