Craighouse is the main settlement on the Scottish Inner Hebridean Isle of Jura

Jura, Scotland

Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, situated adjacent and to the north-east of Islay. Part of the island is designated as a National Scenic Area. Until the twentieth century Jura was dominated - and most of it was eventually owned - by the Campbell clan of Inveraray Castle on Loch...

. The village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 is situated on the sheltered east coast of Jura at the southern end of Small Isles Bay.

Craighouse was once served by a direct ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

 from the mainland which berthed at Craighouse pier. This service was terminated some years ago, and access is now via an eight-mile single-track road from Feolin

Feolin

Feolin is a slipway on the west coast of Jura. It provides the only regular access to the island, with a vehicle and passenger ferry service from Port Askaig on Islay across the Sound of Islay. The road on both islands has the designation A846....

 on Jura's south-west coast, where there is a small vehicle ferry to the neighbouring island of Islay

Islay

-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...

. However, since 2007 a passengers-only ferry service to Craighouse has operated during the summer from the village of Tayvallich

Tayvallich

Tayvallich, pronounced "Tay-vee-al-ich", is a small village in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village name has origins in gaelic: Taigh a' Bhealaich . The village is built around a sheltered harbour on Loch Sween. It has a primary school, small caravan park, pub and village store. The...

 on the mainland. http://www.jurapassengerferry.com/index.html

Facilities in Craighouse

Today Craighouse is the social centre of the island and is home to:

• Jura Distillery, producer of Isle of Jura Single Malt
  Isle of Jura Single Malt
  Isle of Jura Single Malt is a Scotch whisky distilled at the Isle of Jura Distillery located on the island of Jura located off the West Coast of Scotland...
  
  
• The Jura Hotel http://www.jurahotel.co.uk/
• The Antlers Bistro Restaurant. http://www.theantlers.co.uk/
• Jura Stores, Post Office - Bakery - Organic Meats - etc., http://jurastores.co.uk/
• Petrol Station
• Small Isles Primary School
• Jura Parish Church
  Parish church
  A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
  
  
• The Service Point
• The village hall.