Walking on Arran
Author | Paddy Dillon |
Publisher | Cicerone Press |
ISBN | ISBN-10: 1 85284 269 5 (First Edition)
ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 478 3 (Second Edition) ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 825 5 (Third Edition) ISBN-13: 978 1 78631 135 1 (Fourth Edition) Also available in eBook and Kindle formats |
Price | £16.95 |
This guidebook was requested by Cicerone, covering the whole of an island that has long been referred to as 'Scotland in Miniature'. The idea was to produce a comprehensive guide to a rich variety of routes.
All the route research for the first edition was done in one long trip. Walking routes were checked the length and breadth of Arran, including the rugged mountains in the north, the lower hills in the middle, and the forests and moors to the south. Regular bus services run around and across the island, and these were used exclusively during the route research. In a review for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, Kevin Howett said, "I have to admit to being impressed by the amount of information contained in this little guide."
The guidebook was completely overhauled for the second edition, with all the original routes being walked and checked, as well as a few new routes adding. The book was re-published in full colour, with the walking routes highlighted on OS Landranger mapping. Again, bus services were used exclusively for travel around and across the island, apart from the ferry service to and from Holy Isle. The guidebook was checked yet again for the third edition, with the addition of an extra route.
The fourth edition of the guidebook has been completely overhauled, and it now contains a full route description of the Arran Coastal Way, which completely encircles the island.
GPX tracks are available for all the routes in this guidebook. They can be downloaded from the Cicerone website.
Walk Contents
Walk 1 | Goatfell and Brodick |
Walk 2 | Brodick Castle Forest Trails |
Walk 3 | Brodick and the Clauchland Hills |
Walk 4 | Sithean and Glen Cloy |
Walk 5 | Sithean and The Ross |
Walk 6 | Holy Isle from Lamlash |
Walk 7 | Tighvein and Monamore Glen |
Walk 8 | Glenashdale and Urie Loch |
Walk 9 | Glenashdale Falls and Giants' Graves |
Walk 10 | Eas Mór and Loch Garbad |
Walk 11 | Kilmory Forest Circuit |
Walk 12 | The Ross and Cnoc a' Chapuill |
Walk 13 | Shiskine and Clauchan Glen |
Walk 14 | Bridgend and Ard Bheinn |
Walk 15 | The String and Beinn Bhreac |
Walk 16 | Machrie Moor Stone Circle |
Walk 17 | Dougarie and Beinn Nuis |
Walk 18 | Dougarie and Sail Chalmadale |
Walk 19 | Imachar and Mullach Buidhe |
Walk 20 | Pirnmill and Mullach Buidhe |
Walk 21 | Coire-Fhionn Lochan |
Walk 22 | Catacol and Meall nan Damh |
Walk 23 | Catacol and Beinn Bhreac |
Walk 24 | Catacol and Beinn Tarsuinn |
Walk 25 | Lochranza and Meall Mór |
Walk 26 | Gleann Easan Biorach |
Walk 27 | Lochranza and Cock of Arran |
Walk 28 | Lochranza and Sail an Im |
Walk 29 | North Glen Sannox Horseshoe |
Walk 30 | Glen Sannox Horseshoe |
Walk 31 | Glen Sannox to Glen Rosa |
Walk 32 | Sannox Goatfell and Corrie |
Walk 33 | Glen Rosa and Beinn Tarsuinn |
Walk 34 | Western Glen Rosa |
Walk 35 | Eastern Glen Rosa |
Arran Coastal Way
Walk 36 | Brodick to Sannox (forest) |
Walk 37 | Brodick to Sannox (mountain) |
Walk 38 | Sannox to Lochranza |
Walk 39 | Lochranza to Imachar |
Walk 40 | Imachar to Blackwaterfoot |
Walk 41 | Blackwaterfoot to Lagg (coastal) |
Walk 42 | Blackwaterfoot to Lagg (inland) |
Walk 43 | Lagg to Whiting Bay (coastal) |
Walk 44 | Lagg to Whiting Bay (inland) |
Walk 45 | Whiting Bay to Brodick |