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Photo of Machrihanish, a village in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

© Richard Webb / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Machrihanish

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If you play golf, Machrihanish is a name that carries weight: its classic links course was laid out by Old Tom Morris, and the newer Machrihanish Dunes course sits alongside. Behind the greens runs a glorious three-mile sweep of Atlantic sand stretching north to Westport, good for a surf as well as a walk. The village is on the B843 just west of Campbeltown, out on the exposed western coast of Kintyre.

More places to visit near Machrihanish

Photo along the Kintyre Way, a long-distance trail running from Tarbert to Machrihanish, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Kintyre Way

Scotland's Great Trail

A hundred miles down the Kintyre peninsula, from Tarbert on Loch Fyne to Machrihanish on the Atlantic, by way of Campbeltown

0.2 km W · Argyll and Bute

Photo of Westport Beach, a beach near Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Westport Beach

Beach near Machrihanish

Six-mile golden Atlantic strand backed by Argyll's biggest dunes, running north from Machrihanish.

5.8 km N

Photo of Campbeltown, a village in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Campbeltown

Village

Old whisky and fishing town near the foot of Kintyre, once home to dozens of distilleries.

7.8 km E · Argyll and Bute

Photo of Davaar Island, an island in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Davaar Island

Island near Campbeltown

Tidal island off Campbeltown with a Stevenson lighthouse and seven sea caves, one holding an 1887 painting of the Crucifixion

11.2 km E

Photo: Mull of Kintyre, a viewpoint near Southend, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Mull of Kintyre

Viewpoint near Southend

Rugged headland at Kintyre's southern tip, its lighthouse looking across to Ireland, made famous in song.

13.3 km S

Photo of Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse, a lighthouse near Southend, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse

Lighthouse near Southend

A remote clifftop light on the Kintyre peninsula's southern tip, reached by a steep road down towards the North Channel and the Antrim coast.

13.3 km S