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Lochranza
Scottish Gaelic: *Loch Raonasa ^[1]*
Lochranza Scottish Gaelic: Loch Raonasa ;
Village
	Panoramic of Lochranza Bay, May 2008
	Lochranza Location within North Ayrshire
Population	251
• Density	n/a
OS grid reference	NR929506
• Edinburgh	96 mi (154 km)
• London	443 mi (713 km)
Civil parish	Kilbride;
Council area	North Ayrshire;
Lieutenancy area	Ayrshire and Arran;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF ARRAN
Postcode district	KA27
Dialling code	01770
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	North Ayrshire and Arran;
Scottish Parliament	Cunninghame North;
Website	North Ayrshire
	List of places UK Scotland 55°42′18″N 5°17′42″W / 55.705°N 5.295°W

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Lochranza (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Raonasa) is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The population, somewhat in decline, is around 200 people.

Geography

Lochranza is the northernmost of Arran's villages and is located in the northwestern corner of the island. The village is set on the shore of Loch Ranza, a small sea loch. Ferries run from here to Claonaig on the mainland.^[4] The village is flanked to the northeast by the landmark hill Torr Meadhonach.

Geology

Lochranza has a field study centre, where schools from all over the UK come to study the locality's interesting geology and the nearby Hutton's Unconformity to the north of Newton Point, where the "father of modern geology" James Hutton found his first example of an angular unconformity during a visit in 1787.^[5]

Climate

Lochranza is reputed to have the fewest hours of sunshine of any village in the United Kingdom, and is the most shaded village in the entire world according to world climate experts ^{[citation needed]}, since it lies in a north-facing glen on an island with a particularly high level of rainfall. The streets do not have any street lights so it can be dark in the winter months.

Wildlife

The area around Lochranza Castle is a favoured spot to observe red deer, as the village is home to a healthy red deer population and, on the northern shore, grey seals are found year-round. Otters and golden eagles are also spotted in the area.

Economy

Formerly a herring fishing port, the village economy is now geared more towards tourism after the reopening of the pier in 2003. Lochranza Castle^[6] is a fine ruin of a 16th-century L-plan castle, across the road from the Lochranza youth hostel.

Lochranza is the site of the Arran Distillery, built in 1995 and producing the Arran Single Malt.^[7] The distillery is one of the major industries of the island. The bar of the Lochranza Hotel, to the north of the distillery, has one of the largest collections of Scotch whisky available by the measure in the country: over 350 different Scotch whiskies are available.^[8]

Lochranza has a golf course with eleven holes.^[9]

Transport

Caledonian MacBrayne operates a regular ferry service to Claonaig on Kintyre between March and October. There are seven daily crossings to Claonaig which operates at a roughly 90-minute frequency, and a once-daily service to Tarbert on Loch Fyne during the winter departing at 1345 daily from October to March. The usual vessel on this route is the MV Catriona, which replaced the MV Loch Tarbert in September 2016.

A new pier was constructed in 2003,^[10] allowing larger vessels easier access with the possibility to disembark passengers for a short tour of the village. Regular vessels which use the pier include the paddle steamer Waverley and the Lord of the Glens, a small cruise ship.

Preceding station		Ferry		Following station
Terminus		Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry (winter only)		Tarbert
Terminus		Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry (summer only)		Claonaig

Lochranza is on the 324 bus route between Brodick and Blackwaterfoot.^[11]

Culture

It is said that a local midwife once had an encounter with the Queen of the Fairies at Lochranza.^[12]

The village is also celebrated in verse:

On fair Lochranza streamed the early day,
Thin wreaths of cottage smoke are upward curl'd
From the lone hamlet, which her inland bay
And circling mountains sever from the world
— Sir Walter Scott, The Lord of the Isle

The actress Katharine O'Donnelly was raised in the village.

Northend Thistle Football Club are based in Lochranza. They were once labelled "the worst football team in Europe", with a winless streak of 19 years,^[13] and featured on ESPN Asia, Soccer Saturday and BBC Sport Scotland.^[14] Northend Thistle play at the Ewe Camp, voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country.^[15]

Notes

^ "Lochranza". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "Committee reports and agendas". North Ayrshire Council. 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
^ "Kilbride". UK & Ireland Genealogy. 2002 [quoting gazetteer of 1882]. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
^ "Port Details - Lochranza". Caledonian MacBrayne. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^
"Hutton's Unconformity - Lochranza, Isle of Arran, UK - Places of Geologic Significance on Waymarking.com". Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- Hugh Rance (1999). "Hutton's unconformities" (PDF). Historical Geology: The Present is the Key to the Past. QCC Press. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- "Hutton's Unconformity". Isle of Arran Heritage Museum. 18 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
^ Garner, C.; Wright, P. (July 1999). "Lochranza Castle". Retrieved 24 July 2007.
^ "Distillery: "the true spirit of nature"". Isle of Arran Distillers. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
^ "Lochranza Hotel". Retrieved 23 November 2012.
^ "Lochranza". Golf on Arran. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ Peters, Derek (June 2003). "Opening Lochranza Pier". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
^ "Arran bus timetable" (PDF). Stagecoach. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "Lochranza - Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysterious Britain & Ireland. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ Ralston, Gary (17 June 2011). "THE EWE CAMP; ARRAN SWEATERS NOT SO BAA-D What does team with sheep for groundsmen do after first win for 19 years? Flock to pub". Daily Record.
^ "'We play in the Ewe Camp & wear Barcelona's colours'". BBC Sport Scotland. 10 September 2018.
^ "Arran's Ewe Camp squeezes into top 100 football evnues". The Arran Banner. 19 February 2021.

External links

[1] "Lochranza". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[2] "Committee reports and agendas". North Ayrshire Council. 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.

[3] "Kilbride". UK & Ireland Genealogy. 2002 [quoting gazetteer of 1882]. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2007.

[4] "Port Details - Lochranza". Caledonian MacBrayne. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[5] "Hutton's Unconformity - Lochranza, Isle of Arran, UK - Places of Geologic Significance on Waymarking.com". Retrieved 20 October 2008.
Hugh Rance (1999). "Hutton's unconformities" (PDF). Historical Geology: The Present is the Key to the Past. QCC Press. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

"Hutton's Unconformity". Isle of Arran Heritage Museum. 18 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

[6] Hugh Rance (1999). "Hutton's unconformities" (PDF). Historical Geology: The Present is the Key to the Past. QCC Press. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

[7] "Hutton's Unconformity". Isle of Arran Heritage Museum. 18 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

[6] Garner, C.; Wright, P. (July 1999). "Lochranza Castle". Retrieved 24 July 2007.

[7] "Distillery: "the true spirit of nature"". Isle of Arran Distillers. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.

[8] "Lochranza Hotel". Retrieved 23 November 2012.

[9] "Lochranza". Golf on Arran. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[10] Peters, Derek (June 2003). "Opening Lochranza Pier". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.

[11] "Arran bus timetable" (PDF). Stagecoach. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[12] "Lochranza - Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysterious Britain & Ireland. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[13] Ralston, Gary (17 June 2011). "THE EWE CAMP; ARRAN SWEATERS NOT SO BAA-D What does team with sheep for groundsmen do after first win for 19 years? Flock to pub". Daily Record.

[bbc-14] "'We play in the Ewe Camp & wear Barcelona's colours'". BBC Sport Scotland. 10 September 2018.

[15] "Arran's Ewe Camp squeezes into top 100 football evnues". The Arran Banner. 19 February 2021.

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 '''Lochranza''' ({{lang-gd|Loch Raonasa}}) is a village located on the [[Isle of Arran]] in the [[Firth of Clyde]], [[Scotland]]. The population, somewhat in decline, is around 200 people.
 ==Geography==
 [[File:Lochranza, Aran.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Countryside near Lochranza]]
-Lochranza is the most northernly sited of Arran's villages and is located in the northwestern corner of the island. The village is set on the shore of Loch Ranza, a small [[sea loch]]. Ferries run from here to [[Claonaig]] on the mainland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/ports/port-details.htm?whereSearchTerm=30|title=Port Details - Lochranza|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|accessdate=30 December 2014}}</ref> The village is flanked to the northeast by the landmark hill [[Torr Meadhonach]].
+Lochranza is the northernmost of Arran's villages and is located in the northwestern corner of the island. The village is set on the shore of Loch Ranza, a small [[sea loch]]. Ferries run from here to [[Claonaig]] on the mainland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/ports/port-details.htm?whereSearchTerm=30|title=Port Details - Lochranza|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> The village is flanked to the northeast by the landmark hill [[Torr Meadhonach]].
 ===Geology===
-Lochranza has a [[field study centre]], where schools from all over the UK come to study the locality's interesting [[geology]] and the nearby [[Hutton's Unconformity]] to the north of Newton Point, where the "father of modern geology" [[James Hutton]] found his first example of an [[Unconformity|angular unconformity]] during a visit in 1787.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3F65 |title=Hutton's Unconformity - Lochranza, Isle of Arran, UK - Places of Geologic Significance on Waymarking.com |accessdate=20 October 2008 }}
+Lochranza has a [[field research|field study centre]], where schools from all over the UK come to study the locality's interesting [[geology]] and the nearby [[Hutton's Unconformity]] to the north of Newton Point, where the "father of modern geology" [[James Hutton]] found his first example of an [[Unconformity|angular unconformity]] during a visit in 1787.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3F65 |title=Hutton's Unconformity - Lochranza, Isle of Arran, UK - Places of Geologic Significance on Waymarking.com |access-date=20 October 2008 }}
-*{{cite web|url=http://geowords.com/histbookpdf/a22.pdf |title=Hutton's unconformities |author=Hugh Rance |year=1999 |format=pdf |work=Historical Geology: The Present is the Key to the Past |publisher=QCC Press |accessdate=20 October 2008 }}
+*{{cite web |url=http://geowords.com/histbookpdf/a22.pdf |title=Hutton's unconformities |author=Hugh Rance |year=1999 |format=pdf |work=Historical Geology: The Present is the Key to the Past |publisher=QCC Press |access-date=20 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203173042/http://www.geowords.com/histbookpdf/a22.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}
-*{{cite web|url=http://www.arranmuseum.co.uk/hutton's_unconformity1.htm |title=Hutton's Unconformity |date=18 July 2008 |publisher=[[Isle of Arran]] Heritage Museum |accessdate=20 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121073501/http://www.arranmuseum.co.uk/hutton%27s_unconformity1.htm |archivedate=21 November 2008 }}
+*{{cite web |url=http://www.arranmuseum.co.uk/hutton's_unconformity1.htm |title=Hutton's Unconformity |date=18 July 2008 |publisher=[[Isle of Arran]] Heritage Museum |access-date=20 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121073501/http://www.arranmuseum.co.uk/hutton%27s_unconformity1.htm |archive-date=21 November 2008 }}</ref>
-</ref>
 ===Climate===
-Lochranza is reputed to have the least hours of sunshine of any village in the United Kingdom, and is the most shaded village in the entire world according to world climate experts {{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}, since it lies in a north-facing glen on an island with a particularly high level of rainfall. The streets do not have any street lights so it can be dark in the winter months.
+Lochranza is reputed to have the fewest hours of sunshine of any village in the United Kingdom, and is the most shaded village in the entire world according to world climate experts {{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}, since it lies in a north-facing glen on an island with a particularly high level of rainfall. The streets do not have any street lights so it can be dark in the winter months.
 ===Wildlife===
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   |author2=Wright, P.
    | title = Lochranza Castle
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   |date=July 1999
   | url = http://www.darkisle.com/l/lochranza/lochranza.html
-  | accessdate = 24 July 2007
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 </ref> is a fine ruin of a 16th-century L-plan castle, across the road from the Lochranza [[youth hostel]].
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  |url=http://www.arranwhisky.com/lmenu/distillery.asp
- |accessdate=24 July 2007
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   | title = Lochranza Hotel
   | url = http://www.lochranzahotel.co.uk/index.html
-  | accessdate = 23 November 2012}}
+  | access-date = 23 November 2012}}
 </ref>
+Lochranza has a [[golf course]] with eleven holes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lochranza |url=http://www.golfonarran.com/lochranza/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Golf on Arran |language=en-US}}</ref>
-==Transport==
+== Transport ==
 [[File:MV Loch Tarbert.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[MV Loch Tarbert|MV ''Loch Tarbert'']] at Lochranza slipway]]
-[[Caledonian MacBrayne]] operate a regular ferry service to [[Claonaig]] on [[Kintyre]] between March and October, and a once-daily service to [[Tarbert, Argyll and Bute|Tarbert]] on [[Loch Fyne]] during the winter. The usual vessel on this route is the {{MV|Catriona}}, which replaced the {{MV|Loch Tarbert}} in September 2016.
+[[Caledonian MacBrayne]] operates a regular ferry service to [[Claonaig]] on [[Kintyre]] between March and October. There are seven daily crossings to Claonaig which operates at a roughly 90-minute frequency, and a once-daily service to [[Tarbert, Kintyre|Tarbert]] on [[Loch Fyne]] during the winter departing at 1345 daily from October to March. The usual vessel on this route is the {{MV|Catriona}}, which replaced the {{MV|Loch Tarbert}} in September 2016.
 A new pier was constructed in 2003,<ref>{{cite web
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   | first = Derek
   | title = Opening Lochranza Pier
-  | publisher =
+  | date = June 2003
-  |date=June 2003
   | url = http://waverley2003.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/030629/index.htm
-  | accessdate = 24 July 2007}}
+  | access-date = 24 July 2007
+  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808055706/http://waverley2003.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/030629/index.htm
-</ref> allowing larger vessels easier access with the possibility to disembark passengers for a short tour of the village. Regular vessels which use the pier include the [[paddle steamer]] [[PS Waverley|''Waverley'']] and the ''Lord of the Glens'', a small cruise ship.
+  | archive-date = 8 August 2007
+  | url-status = dead
+  }}</ref> allowing larger vessels easier access with the possibility to disembark passengers for a short tour of the village. Regular vessels which use the pier include the [[paddle steamer]] [[PS Waverley|''Waverley'']] and the ''Lord of the Glens'', a small cruise ship.
 {{s-rail-start|noclear=yes}}
 {{s-rail|title=Ferry}}
-{{rail line |previous=|next=[[Tarbert, Argyll and Bute|Tarbert]]|route=[[Caledonian MacBrayne]]<br><small>Ferry<br>(winter only)</small> |col={{CalMac color}} }}
+{{rail line |previous=|next=[[Tarbert, Kintyre|Tarbert]]|route=[[Caledonian MacBrayne]]<br><small>Ferry<br>(winter only)</small> |col={{CalMac color}} }}
 {{rail line|previous=|next=[[Claonaig]]|route=[[Caledonian MacBrayne]]<br><small>Ferry<br>(summer only)</small> |col={{CalMac color}} }}
 {{s-end}}
+Lochranza is on the 324 bus route between [[Brodick]] and [[Blackwaterfoot]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arran bus timetable |url=https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/West%20Scotland/Arran%20322_323_324_Timetables_050721.pdf |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Stagecoach}}</ref>
 ==Culture==
-It is said that a local midwife once had an encounter with the Queen of the Fairies at Lochranza.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lochranza - Mysterious Britain & Ireland |url=http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/arran/folklore/lochranza.html |publisher=Mysterious Britain & Ireland |accessdate=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728221413/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/arran/folklore/lochranza.html |archivedate=28 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
+It is said that a local midwife once had an encounter with the Queen of the Fairies at Lochranza.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lochranza - Mysterious Britain & Ireland |url=http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/arran/folklore/lochranza.html |publisher=Mysterious Britain & Ireland |access-date=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728221413/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/arran/folklore/lochranza.html |archive-date=28 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
 The village is also celebrated in verse:
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+The actress [[Katharine O'Donnelly]] was raised in the village.
+[[Northend Thistle F.C.|Northend Thistle Football Club]] are based in Lochranza. They were once labelled "the worst football team in Europe", with a winless streak of 19 years,<ref>{{cite news |title=THE EWE CAMP; ARRAN SWEATERS NOT SO BAA-D What does team with sheep for groundsmen do after first win for 19 years? Flock to pub. |date=2011-06-17 |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |first=Gary |last=Ralston}}</ref> and featured on [[Fox Sports (Asian TV network)|ESPN Asia]], [[Soccer Saturday]] and [[Sportscene|BBC Sport Scotland]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/scotland/45467060 |title='We play in the Ewe Camp & wear Barcelona's colours' |website=[[Sportscene|BBC Sport Scotland]] |date=2018-09-10}}</ref> Northend Thistle play at the Ewe Camp, voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arran's Ewe Camp squeezes into top 100 football evnues |newspaper=[[The Arran Banner]] |date=2021-02-19}}</ref>
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 == External links ==
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 *[http://www.fieldstudies.co.uk/online/index.asp  Aerial photograph of the bay]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101128092334/http://syha.org.uk/hostels/islands/lochranza.aspx  Youth Hostel]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070615133031/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/BUT/Kilbride/lochranza.html Lochranza in 1882]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061230205751/http://www.whoownsscotland.org.uk/page_cache/bu/lochranza_acruach.htm Who owns Lochranza?]
-*[http://www.scotland-photo-library.co.uk/photonet/arran2000/10.html  Photo of the bay]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211204/http://www.scotland-photo-library.co.uk/photonet/arran2000/10.html  Photo of the bay]
 *[http://www.francisfrith.com/search/scotland/strathclyde/arran/photos/arran_a93001.htm Castle c.1890]
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 [[Category:Villages in the Isle of Arran]]
 [[Category:Firth of Clyde]]
+[[Category:Parishes in the County of Bute]]

v t e Isle of Arran
Main villages	Brodick Lamlash Lochranza Whiting Bay
Smaller villages and settlements	Birchburn Blackwaterfoot Catacol Cladach Corrie Dippen Kildonan Kilmory Lagg Machrie Pirnmill Sannox Shiskine Sliddery Strathwhillan Torbeg Whitefarland
Mountains and hills	Goat Fell Beinn Bharrain Beinn Tarsuinn Caisteal Abhail Cìr Mhòr Creag Ghlas Laggan Tighvein Sleeping Warrior
History	Brodick Castle Lochranza Castle Kildonan Castle Hutton's Unconformity Bruce's Castle
Environment	Arran whitebeams Glenashdale Falls
Economy	The Arran Banner Arran distillery
Surrounding islands	Holy Island Pladda Hamilton Isle Islands of the Clyde