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Little Cumbrae

Island

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies south of Great Cumbrae, its larger neighbour. The underlying geology is igneous with limited outcrops of sedimentary rock.

Little Cumbrae Castle

Photo: Eddie Dowds, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Cumbrae Castle sits on Castle Island or Allin Tuirail from the Scottish Gaelic: eilean tùr nan uaislean meaning "islet of the nobles' tower", a small tidal island situated off the east coast of Little Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde.

Cathedral of The Isles

Church

Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Cathedral of the Isles and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit is a Category A listed cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the town of Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae.

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Millport

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.

West Kilbride

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.

West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.

Largs

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.

Largs is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of Ayrshire, with a population of 10,900 in 2022. It’s where Viking power in Scotland was broken, at the Battle of Largs in 1263, and the Vikingar Exhibition is the town’s main attraction.

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