The West Island Way

The West Island Way starts at Kilchattan Bay. Image © Footprint Maps

 

Can’t spare the time to tackle the West Highland Way then come to Bute and try our 26 mile route. This is the first waymarked long distance path on a Scottish island is a fairly easy walk including seashore, moorland, farmland and forest.  Consisting of two almost circular linked routes at the north and south end of Bute, a fit walker could make 2 day walks from the route with a base in Rothesay. Alternatively the route can be split into a number of easily managable sections.  The route embraces a variety of landscapes including seashore, moorland, farmland and forest. It passes St Blane’s Chapel, the abandoned townships in Glen More and the outskirts of Rothesay. There is minimal road-walking.

The route begins at Kilchattan Bay in the south of the island, and finishes at Port Bannatyne in the north, with Rothesay, the main town on Bute, as a central point. 

The official guide map from Footprint Maps  ISBN (978-1-871149-51-7) is available from the Isle of Bute Discovery Centre and some other outlets.