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

© Andrew Abbott / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Southend

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Southend lies near the southern tip of Kintyre, at the end of the B842. In the old Keil churchyard are two footprints carved into the rock, said to mark where St Columba first landed and preached in Scotland. Above the shore looms Dunaverty Rock, site of a ruined castle and a grim 1647 massacre. There’s an affordable 18-hole links course too. The Mull of Kintyre proper is a few miles further on.

More places to visit near Southend

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

here · Argyll and Bute

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.

10.3 km W

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.

12.2 km N · 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

13.2 km NE

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.

18.3 km N

Photo of the Isle of Arran, an island in North Ayrshire, southern Scotland.Iconic

Isle of Arran

Island near Lamlash

Goatfell and the northern granite ridges, Brodick Castle, the Machrie Moor stone circles and a coast road circling the island

26.6 km NE