Machrihanish
Machrihanish
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Machrihanish Beach | |
Location within Argyll and Bute | |
OS grid reference | NR635207 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CAMPBELTOWN |
Postcode district | PA28 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Machrihanish (
Machrihanish bay
The main sandy beach of Machrihanish Bay runs 3 miles (5 km) north to Westport, providing opportunities for surfing. Basic accommodation is available for surfing groups in the Machrihanish village hall. There are static caravans, wooden wigwams and camping spaces at the Machrihanish Holiday Park. The village is one of the start/finish points of the Kintyre Way, one of Scotland's Great Trails. The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Largiebaan nature reserve lies to the south, about 11 km (7 mi) along the Kintyre Way.
Features
Campbeltown Airport, formerly RAF Machrihanish, is located near the village. Although still available to the Royal Air Force, the former airfield has been taken over by the specially-formed Machrihanish Airbase Community Company.
Machrihanish has a
Weather data is collected from Machrihanish and broadcast in the Shipping Forecast.
Notable people
Cadets from the Air Training Corps recreated this historic trans-atlantic transmission in Easter of 2006. Edinburgh and South Scotland Wing, who were on camp at the nearby airfield, contacted the Civil Air Patrol cadets in Brant Rock on 14 April 2006.
The views and skies seen from the beach and Lossit Point to the west were a subject for the Scottish marine and landscape painter William McTaggart, who had a house in the village.[3]
References
- ^ "Machrihanish Argyll and Bute". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ISBN 9781108026888. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "William McTaggart: Summer Sundown - Tir-nan-og 1880". Tate. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links
- Machrihanish website
- Map sources for Machrihanish