Colonsay

Routes

Oban - Colonsay

Colonsay, a delightful little island only eight miles in length, can be reached by ferry from Oban three times a week. At low tide, Colonsay is joined to Oronsay, one of many Scottish Islands bearing this name - it means tidal island.

The island has around one hundred inhabitants most of whom live in the main village of Scalasaig (where the ferry terminal is located), with most of the remaining population split between the hamlets of Kiloran and Kilchattan.

Colonsay is an ideal place for those with an interest in archaeology as artefacts dating back to the Stone Age have been found here. There are also many historical ruins and ecclesiastical relics on the island.

Both islands are noted for the diversity of their wild flowers with more than four hundred species recorded.