About Islay, 8 Shore Street
8 Shore Street is situated in a prime position on the seafront in Port Charlotte, overlooking the pier. There is a small beach to the front of the house
Islay, 8 Shore Street Description
8 Shore Street is situated in a prime position on the seafront in Port Charlotte, overlooking the pier. There is a small beach to the front of the house. The house consists of a kitchen with a spacious dining area, a toilet and shower-room, and a large comfortable sitting room on the ground floor; plus two double-bedded rooms, one twin-bedded room, a further bedroom with one set of bunk beds, and a bathroom with shower on the first floor.
The kitchen is fully equipped with a cooker, hob, fridge /freezer, washer dryer, microwave, electric toaster and kettle plus all utensils. The house has white meter central heating. In addition, there are electric heaters in every room and a coal fireplace in the sitting room and dining area to burn peat on those long winter evenings! A colour TV, video and DVD is in the sitting room; there is also a portable TV. Tea towels are provided and cleaning materials.
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Enquiries /Bookings can be made by calling 0131 312 8010 or by email to jdlaurie@blueyonder. co. uk This year we are fully booked during June, July and August.
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Description. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
Port Charlotte (Gaelic Port Sgioba) is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was founded in 1828.
Port Charlotte was named after Lord Frederick Campbell's wife, and it was set up mainly to provide housing facilities for the Lochindaal Distillery work force. Parts of the former distillery buildings are now in use as Youth Hostel and Wildlife Centre. Others are currently used by a garage, but will soon be used by the to be reopened Port Charlotte Distillery. The remaining warehouses are currently used by Bruichladdich distillery, who announced plans to reopen Port Charlotte Distillery in March 2007.
The village is located on the shores of Loch Indaal and is very picturesque with its white painted houses. It is home to the Museum of Islay Life which is located in a former Church building.
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Description. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
Islay, a Scottish island, known as "The Queen of the Hebrides" (Banrìgh nan Eilean), is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides. It lies in Argyll just west of Jura and around 25 miles (40 km) north of the Irish coast and Rathlin Island, which can be seen on a clear day. In Gaelic a native of Islay is called an Ìleach, pronounced, and the plural is Ìlich: Scottish Gaelic is spoken by about a third of the population. The island's capital is Bowmore where the distinctive round Kilarrow Parish Church and a distillery are located. Port Ellen is the next largest settlement and main port.
Islay is the fifth largest Scottish island and the sixth largest island surrounding Great Britain. It has just over three thousand inhabitants. It has a total area of almost 620 square kilometres (239 sq mi). Its main industries are malt whisky distilling, and tourism largely based on whisky and birdwatching.
The island is home to many bird species and is a popular destination throughout the year with birdwatchers, especially in autumn and winter to see the wintering population of Greenland white-fronted and barnacle geese. Resident birds include Red-billed Chough, Hen Harrier, Corncrake, White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Oystercatcher, Cormorant and many wading birds. The climate on Islay is often more clement than the Scottish mainland owing to the Gulf Stream.