Kilmartin Glen & The Crinan Canal

The peninsula just north of Tarbert is called Knapdale and the B8024 road along it’s coast offers one of the most scenic routes in Scotland it starts just to the West of Tarbert, on the left a couple of hundred yards past Mack and Mags. It then wends it way along West Loch Tarbert through natural moorland, passing ancient cemeteries to Kilberry where you can see the remarkable carved gravestones and experience a meal at the award winning Kilberry Inn (the only hostelry on this stretch of road). You then continue to the end of this road and join the A83 going north.

At Ardrishaig you will pass over the Crinan Canal which wends its way from Loch Fyne to Crinan providing a short cut for boats not wishing to take the long route around the Mull of Kintyre. The road to Oban follows the canal to Cairnbaan where a left turn will take you, alongside the canal to Crinan. The canal passes through beautiful countryside. It is a great place to walk or just sit and enjoy the scenery and the boats going past. There are also opportunities for refreshment at Ardrishaig, Cairnbaan and Crinan.