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Walking on Mull, Coll and Tiree

50 walks including Iona and Ulva

ISBN

9781786311702

Availability

Published

3 Mar 2025

Edition

Third

Pages

224

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.25cm

Weight

270g

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Guidebook describing 50 walking routes on Scotland's beautiful Isle of Mull, as well as neighbouring Coll, Tiree, Iona and Erraid. Walks range from 1 to 12 miles and from short circuits to demanding mountain traverses, but without technical difficulties. The Isle of Mull is wild, rugged and great for wildlife spotting.

Seasons

walking possible throughout the year, although the winter months call for winter mountaineering skills and equipment on the higher mountains

Centres

Tobermory; smaller settlements at Dervaig, Salen, the ferryport Craignure, Bunessan and Ffionphort, the ferry points for Iona, Coll and Tiree

Difficulty

few technical difficulties; walks cross rough, trackless terrain requiring walkers to be properly equipped and able to use map and compass

Must See

Mull's only Munro, Ben More, and a fine cast of lower heights; great glens for linear walks as good as anything on mainland Scotland; spectacular coastline; wildlife

ISBN

9781786311702

Availability

Published

3 Mar 2025

Edition

Third

Pages

224

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.25cm

Weight

270g

Delivery & Returns

Overview

A guidebook to 50-day walks on the Isles of Mull, Coll and Tiree. From short circuits and linear coastal and glen walks to demanding mountain routes, there is something for walkers of all fitness levels and experience on this Inner Hebridean island. The walks range in length from 2-19km (1-12 miles) and cover Mull and the neighbouring islands of Coll, Tiree, Iona, Ulva, Gometra and Erraid.

1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
GPX files available to download
Detailed information on accommodation and ferry transport
Easy access from Tobermory and Craignure
Highlights include an ascent of Ben More

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Overview map

Map key

Route summary table

Preface

Introduction

History

Geology

Plants and wildlife

When to go

Getting there

Getting around

Driving on Mull, Coll and Tiree

Accommodation

Communications

Using this guide

Access in Scotland

Stalking

Safety

Maps

Paths

GPX files

North Mull

1 Ardmore

2 Glen Gorm East and Glengorm Castle

3 Quinish Point and Mingary Aird

4 Mingary Burn and Loch an Tòrr

5 Langamull and Kildavie

6 Treshnish

7 Beinn na Drise and Beinn Bhuidhe

8 Loch Frisa

9 Speinne Mòr

10 Cnoc na Sròine Hill Fort

11 Mull Coast-to-Coast: Salen to Killiechronan

12 Glen Aros

Central Mull

13 Garmony Point and Fishnish

14 Beinn nan Lus and Beinn Bhuidhe

15 Beinn Talaidh

16 Loch Bà and Glen Cannel

17 Glen More to Loch Bà

18 Corra-bheinn and Cruachan Dearg

19 Beinn nan Gabhar and Beinn Fhada

20 Ben More from Loch na Keal

21 Beinn Fhada, A’ Chioch and Ben More

22 A’ Chioch and Ben More from Glen More

23 The Fossil Tree

24 Druim Mòr and Torosay

25 Dùn da Ghaoithe

26 Gualachaolish and Carn Ban

Ross of Mull

27 Glen More to Lochbuie

28 Lochbuie to Carsaig

29 Coille a’ Chaiginn and Glenbyre

30 Carsaig Arches

31 Tireragan and Tràigh Gheal

32 Fidden and Poit na h-I

33 Ardtun

The Mull islands

Ulva and Gometra

34 Livingstone Croft Trail

35 Ormaig and Cragaig

36 On Gometra road

Iona

37 Dun I

38 Iona North

39 Iona South

Erraid

40 Erraid

Coll and Tiree

Coll

41 Coll Nature Reserve and Ben Feall

42 Totronald and Hogh Bay

43 Calgary Point

44 Tràigh Crossapol

45 Dùn Morbhaidh

Tiree

46 Ringing Stone and Dùn Mor

47 Rubha Chràiginis and Hough Bay

48 Tràigh Chornaig

49 Caolas

50 Hynish and the Happy Valley

Appendix A Essential and supplementary reading

Appendix B Glossary of Gaelic words

Appendix C Useful information and contact details

Appendix D Estates map

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By Terry Marsh

Lancashire-born writer and photographer Dr Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors and travel. He is the author or revision author/editor of over 100 guidebooks, including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Coast to Coast Walk (first published in 1993), The Shropshire Way (1999) and Great Mountain Days in the Pennines (2013). Terry has a PhD in Historical Geography and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), a Life Member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA (Scot)).

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