Craignure

Craignure (Creag an Iubhair, "rock of the yew") is a village on the island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It's a tiny place with a population of perhaps 200, but it's the main point of arrival on Mull, by ferry from Oban.

The tourist information centre is Craignure iCentre next to the ferry pier. It's open year-round, daily 9AM-5PM. It can help with accommodation bookings, tours, and sights on Mull or elsewhere in Scotland.

Get in
is the usual arrival point in Mull, on the Calmac ferry from Oban, which has trains and buses from Glasgow. Ferries sail daily, roughly hourly Apr-Oct and every couple of hours Nov-Mar, taking 50 min. Until end of March 2025, return fares are £32 per car, £8.50 per adult including driver, and £4.30 per child aged 5-15. Buses and tour coaches meet the ferries at Craignure.

has an hourly Calmac ferry from Lochaline on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, taking 20 min. Until end of March 2025, return fares are £17.20 per car, £5.90 per adult including driver, and £3 per child.

Ferries also sail from Kilchoan on Ardnamurchan to Tobermory. You might use these to make a tour through Ardnamurchan then return via Craignure to the mainland.

By bus: West Coast Motors Bus 95 / 495 runs 5-6 times daily between Craignure via Fishnish and Salen to Tobermory (50 min; no Sunday service Nov-March). They meet most ferries. Bus 96 / 496 runs three times M-Sa and once on Sunday between Craignure and Fionnphort (for Iona), 70 min.

West Coast Motors also meet the ferries for tours around Mull and to Iona and other outlying islands.

Craignure is 21 miles from Mull's main settlement of Tobermory and 38 miles from Fionnphort the ferry for Iona. Chris's Taxis (+44 749 3886 237) and Mull Taxi Service (+44 7760 426351) are both based in Tobermory but do pick-ups from the ferry, and other point-to-point journeys and tours around the island. Tony's Taxis are based in Craignure (+44 7752 150062) but need 48 hours notice.

Get around
The main road northwest is two lane as far as Salen, then narrows to single track for most of the way to Tobermory. The road southwest for Iona is all single track.

Mull Car Hire is next to the pier. The owner died in 2022. Contact them to find out if the business has re-opened.

You can walk to Duart Castle but it's 3 miles from the pier along a narrow road with no sidewalk, you'll be forever dodging traffic.

See

 * Torosay Castle & Gardens, a mile south of the pier, are no longer open to the public, and the miniature railway has been dismantled.
 * Torosay Castle & Gardens, a mile south of the pier, are no longer open to the public, and the miniature railway has been dismantled.

Do

 * Mull Eagle Watch has ranger-led walks April-Sept to see the white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) which usually nest on Craignure Golf Course. In 2022 the birds moved to an inaccessible nesting site so the walks aren't happening. So just keep your eyes open for them around the island: they're big birds that might carry off a Fiat 500.
 * Mull Wildlife Tours start from the ferry pier around 10:00.
 * is the 766 m / 2513 ft mountain that looms as you approach on the ferry. The name means "fort of the two winds" and it's a Corbett, Mull's second-highest peak. You'll probably have it to yourself as everyone heads for the highest, Ben More further west. Start from the main road by the turn-off for Duart Castle and ascend west up onto the ridge, say 4-5 hours round-trip.
 * Rugby: Mull Rugby Club play at Garmony, by the main road five miles northwest of Craignure. They've dropped out of the leagues and now just play occasional beer-matches, but continue to host Mull Sevens in May. (Scraping together a team of 7 on Mull is more achievable than fielding the standard RU 15.)
 * Rugby: Mull Rugby Club play at Garmony, by the main road five miles northwest of Craignure. They've dropped out of the leagues and now just play occasional beer-matches, but continue to host Mull Sevens in May. (Scraping together a team of 7 on Mull is more achievable than fielding the standard RU 15.)

Buy

 * Fill up on fuel on the mainland before taking the ferry.
 * Craignure Stores is a branch of Spar next to the ferry pier, open M-Sa 8AM-5PM, Su 10AM-5PM.

Eat

 * Blazey's is a cafe next to the ferry pier; mixed reviews. Macgregor's Roadhouse has closed down.
 * Arlene's Coffee Shop by the pier is open M-Sa 11AM-3PM.

Connect
As of April 2022, Craignure and the road towards Tobermory have a patchy mobile signal from EE, O2 and Three but nothing from Vodafone. 5G has not reached Mull.

Go next

 * Go northwest on A849 to Tobermory, the main settlement on Mull.
 * Go southwest on A849 to Fionnphort for the short ferry crossing to Iona.
 * Otherwise return to the mainland at Oban.