– Ferry Bute 7 ’s most accessible island, home of the Brandanes, is a wonderful place to live and work. Bute has a great blend of wonderful built heritage and contrasting landscapes and seascapes with each beach as unique as the next. There is a good network of routes and quiet roads giving access to local services and visitor attractions, making it ideal 7 for walking and cycling. 54mins Rhubodach Ferry Terminal 3hrs Castle Cycling Tips 6 Look behind you 29mins 1hr 35m Always look behind you before making a manoeuvre, particularly when turning right. 5 Do not use mobiles or music systems. 14mins Port Bannatyne 45mins You need to be able to hear what is happening around you and be fully concentrated on your actions. 4 Cycling in numbers It is recommended that you cycle in single file and 10mins Ardbeg 31mins never cycle more than two bikes side by side. Mount Stuart Never cycle on the pavement 3 Unless it is a designated cycle lane or shared route, 5mins Sailing Club 15mins it is against the law to cycle on the pavement. You should walk alongside your bike. 2 5 2mins Pavilion 6mins

1 Walking and cycling Map Symbols 4 Rothesay – Ferry 1min Town Centre 3mins on Bute Leisure Historical Why Active Travel? Facilities 6 3 With a recent survey showing that 70% of car 1 2 journeys on Bute are less than 2 kilometres in length, there are huge potential benefits in Viewpoints Museum Isle of Walking 1 promoting walking and cycling as alternative means of transport. Bute If more people walk or cycle, we can: Rothesay Ferry Terminal Ferry Beach • Ease congestion • Reduce noise pollution Cycling 2 • Cut exhaust emissions • Improve our health Tourist School information Active Travel is also a great way to relax, giving us more time to enjoy our environment and improve our work-life balance. Leisure Marinas 1 Ettrick Bay We hope that this map will encourage visitors and Centre residents to make the most of cycling around and 8mins Craigmore Pier 25mins 3 about Bute.

2 The publisher has made all efforts at the time of printing Bus Bird Hide to ensure the correctness of this map, but cannot accept 17mins Bay 55mins responsibility for any error, omission or change to the detail shown or for any resultant expense or loss. 4 3 24mins Kerrycroy 1hr 20m

4 Towards Zero Carbon Bute www.tzcb.org.uk 1hr 45m 32mins Mount Stuart Cyclemap www.cyclemap.tzcb.org.uk 5 and Bute Council 51mins 2hrs 50m www.argyll-bute.gov.uk

6 Cycling Scotland www.cyclingscotland.org 1hr St Blane’s Church 3hrs 20m Visit Scotland Ferry Route www.visitscotland.org Visit Bute Loch Fad www.visitbute.com Main Road Minor Road Historic Scotland 5 www.historic-scotland.gov.uk Cycle Link Keep Scotland Beautiful Walking times calculated at steady pace of www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org 3mph, cycling times at 10 mph from Rothesay Ferry Terminal Bus Service 6 www.westcoastmotors.co.uk Kilchattan Bay Photos kindly provided by Zak Harrison www.pbase.com/zak355 Reproduced by permission of ® on behalf HMSO. © Crown Copyright and database right 2012. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey® Licence number 100023368. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. To Rhubodach and Ferry Terminal Colintraive ToStraad The Rothesay Dunoon Millport

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