Kyles of Bute

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Kyles of Bute

The Kyles of Bute (Scottish Gaelic: Na Caoil Bhòdach) are a narrow sea channel which separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute

Isle of Bute

Bute, also known as the Isle of Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the Counties of Scotland of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute....
from the Cowal

Cowal

Cowal is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the ScotlandScottish Highlands. The northern part of Cowal is mostly the mountainous Argyll Forest Park....
peninsula, part of the Scottish

Scotland

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mainland.

The narrowest strait is only some 300m across and is spanned by the Calmac ferry

Caledonian MacBrayne

Caledonian MacBrayne is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast....
from Rhubodach

Rhubodach

Rhubodach is a small settlement on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.The name Rhubodach may come from the Scottish Gaelic Rubha a’ Bodach which translates as old man’s point or promontory or alternatively may be from An Rubha B?dach meaning the Bute headland....
to Colintraive

Colintraive

Colintraive is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Ferries sail between Colintraive and Rhubodach on the Isle of Bute. It is located on the Kyles of Bute or Loch Riddon on the west coast of the Cowal peninsula....
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The Kyles are split into the east and west kyles.

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The Kyles of Bute (Scottish Gaelic: Na Caoil Bhòdach) are a narrow sea channel which separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute

Isle of Bute

Cowal

Cowal is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the ScotlandScottish Highlands. The northern part of Cowal is mostly the mountainous Argyll Forest Park....
peninsula, part of the Scottish

Scotland

Caledonian MacBrayne

Caledonian MacBrayne is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast....
from Rhubodach

Rhubodach

Colintraive

Rothesay, Argyll and Bute

The town of Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the subdivisions of Scotland of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow....
north west up to the entrance to Loch Riddon. Here at the northern end of the east kyle are the Burnt Islands

Burnt Islands

The Burnt Islands is the collective title for three small islands that lie in the Kyles of Bute off the west coast of the Scotland mainland. The islands are located at ....
and the island of Eilean Dubh

Eilean Dubh, Kyles of Bute

----This particular Eilean Dubh is sometimes known as Glen Caladh Island and is situated just off the Cowal peninsula in the Kyles of Bute....
. The west kyle (An Caol an Iar/An Caol Ceathrach) runs from here south west, past the village of Tighnabruaich

Tighnabruaich

Tighnabruaich is a village on the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.Tighnabruaich is popular for sailing and yachting and has its own sailing school but shinty is the major sport, with the village being home to Kyles Athletic who have won more Camanachd Cups than any other team apart from Newtonmore and Kingussie....
out to the Sound of Bute.

The Kyles are designated as a National Scenic Area

National Scenic Area (Scotland)

National Scenic Area is a conservation designation used in Scotland, and currently administered by Scottish Natural Heritage. NSAs are defined as having outstanding scenic interest or unsurpassed attractiveness....
. The Kyles are reflected in the name of Tighnabruaich based shinty

Shinty

Shinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played almost exclusively in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas where Scottish Highlanders mi...
team Kyles Athletic

Kyles Athletic

Kyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. It is one of the sports most illustrious names, presently playing in the Premier Division after recently being outwith the top flight of Scottish Shinty....
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