Isle of Bute
The Isle of Bute is an island in the Firth of Clyde, off the west coast of Scotland. Rothesay is the main town. It is part of the "Costa Clyde" or "Glasgow Riviera", the string of little resorts stretching down the Clyde coast from Gourock through Ayr to Girvan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 7,230 residents
- Description: island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland
- Also known as: “Bure”, “Bute”, “Island of Bute”, and “The Isle of Bute”
- Postal code: PA20
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rothesay Castle and Bute Museum.
Rothesay Castle
Castle
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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.
Loch Fad
Reservoir
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rothesay and Port Bannatyne.
Rothesay
Town
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Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. It can be reached by a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Wemyss Bay, which also offers an onward rail link to Glasgow Central Station.
Port Bannatyne
Village
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Port Bannatyne, is a coastal village on the Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland that is home to many steamers. Port Bannatyne developed into the 1900s as a quieter alternative to Rothesay.
Ascog
Village
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Ascog is a small village on the Isle of Bute, within Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kingarth, and is situated on the A844.
Isle of Bute
- Category: island
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Isle of Bute” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة بوت”
- Basque: “Bute uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Б’ют”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Б’ют”
- Bengali: “ইসলে অফ বুতে”
- Breton: “Bòd”
- Breton: “Eilean Bhòid”
- Breton: “Enez Bute”
- Catalan: “illa de Bute”
- Cebuano: “Island of Bute”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Bute”
- Chinese: “弼島”
- Chinese: “比特岛”
- Chinese: “比特島”
- Czech: “Bute”
- Czech: “Isle of Bute”
- Danish: “Isle of Bute”
- Dutch: “Bute”
- Dutch: “Isle of Bute”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايسل اوف بوت”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Bute”
- Estonian: “Bute’i saar”
- Estonian: “Bute”
- French: “Bute”
- French: “Eilean Bhòid”
- French: “île de Bute”
- French: “Île de Bute”
- French: “Isle of Bute”
- German: “Isle of Bute”
- Greek: “Μπιουτ”
- Gujarati: “આઇલ ઓફ બ્યુટ”
- Icelandic: “Bute”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Bute”
- Irish: “Eilean Bhóid”
- Irish: “Eilean Bhòid”
- Italian: “isola di Bute”
- Italian: “Isola di Bute”
- Japanese: “ビュート島”
- Kannada: “ಐಡೆ ಆಫ್ ಬೂಟ್”
- Korean: “아일 옵 버트”
- Lithuanian: “Butė sala”
- Macedonian: “Бјут”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bute”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isle of Bute”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean Bhòid”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isle of Bute”
- Norwegian: “Bute”
- Polish: “Bute”
- Polish: “Wyspa Wężów”
- Portuguese: “Bute”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Bute”
- Portuguese: “Isle of Bute”
- Russian: “Бьют”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Bhòid”
- Serbian: “Острво Бјут”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bute”
- Spanish: “Bute”
- Spanish: “Isla de Bute”
- Swedish: “Bute”
- Swedish: “Island of Bute”
- Swedish: “Isle of Bute”
- Tamil: “ஐஸ்லே ஒப்பி பூட்”
- Telugu: “ఐల్ అఫ్ బుట్”
- Turkish: “Bute Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Бют (острів)”
- Urdu: “یسلی آف بوتی”
- Welsh: “Ynys Bute”
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