Carradale

Carradale
Scottish Gaelic: *Càradal*
Carradale Scottish Gaelic: Càradal;
	Glen Bar and Restaurant
	Carradale Location within Argyll and Bute
Population	578 (2021)
OS grid reference	NR814383
Council area	Argyll and Bute;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAMPBELTOWN
Postcode district	PA28
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°35′28″N 5°28′12″W / 55.591°N 5.470°W

Carradale (

Dippen and Dippen Bay

. Population: 578~ (2021)

History

There is a vitrified Iron Age fort at Carradale Point.^[1]

In the 17th and 18th centuries there were small communities of

Second World War daily steamers went from Campbeltown to Glasgow

, calling at Carradale.

With the

Second World War, with hotels developing and a tradition of families returning year after year. Now this situation is reversing again. Carradale still has a fishing fleet, largely dealing in shellfish. Since the 1950s, forestry has also played an important part in the village with large scale afforestation taking place.^[2]

The Free Church was opened on 2 December 1887.[3]

The novelist and poet Naomi Mitchison lived in Carradale House from 1938^[4] until her death in 1999.^[2]

Suffragette Flora Drummond, who was raised on Arran, lived in Carradale from 1944 until her death in 1949.^{[citation needed]}

Segments of the village

The village has five main areas:

Carradale Village, situated at a crossroads formed by the junction of the B842 and B879 roads.
Carradale Bay, site of a large caravan park overlooking an expanse of white sand.
Carradale Harbour (and the surrounding area), situated at the end of the B879.
Port Righ Bay, overlooking a small sheltered beach.
Waterfoot, at the mouth of the Carradale River.

Transport

The only public transport available to Carradale is a bus service operated by West Coast Motors, to and from Campbeltown via Peninver, and Saddell.

Pictures

Carradale Beach with the snow-capped hills of the Isle of Arran in the distance.
Stepping stones across the River Carra.
Carradale Point.
Carradale Harbour

References

^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Carradale Point (39221)". Canmore. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Carradale". Gazetteer for Scotland.
^ "Local Intelligence". Fifeshire Advertiser. Scotland. 9 December 1887. Retrieved 14 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Mrs Naomi Mitchison. Argyll Mansion Purchased as Holiday Home". The Scotsman. Scotland. 18 April 1938. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

Media related to Carradale at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Historic Environment Scotland. "Carradale Point (39221)". Canmore. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[gfs-2] "Carradale". Gazetteer for Scotland.

[3] "Local Intelligence". Fifeshire Advertiser. Scotland. 9 December 1887. Retrieved 14 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Mrs Naomi Mitchison. Argyll Mansion Purchased as Holiday Home". The Scotsman. Scotland. 18 April 1938. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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