History
The West Island Way opened in September 2000 as part of the Isle of Bute's millennium celebrations. It was the first waymarked long-distance route on a Scottish island.
It was officially opened by the journalist Janet Street-Porter, a former president of the Ramblers Association. The route runs from Kilchattan Bay to Port Bannatyne, and part of it uses the trackbed of an old tramway that once carried holidaymakers.
Sources: Wikipedia: West Island Way; The West Island Way (official site); Visit Bute: West Island Way; Scotland's Great Trails: West Island Way
Facts
- Code
- UK 019 (provisional)
- Distance
- 30.0 miles (48.3 km). We measure 29.3 miles
- Type
- Linear
- Opened
- September 2000
- Designation
- One of Scotland's Great Trails
- Looked after by
- NatureScot (Scotland's Great Trails) / Isle of Bute volunteers / Argyll and Bute Council
- Nations
- Scotland
- Total ascent
- Still to be measured