page_title: Millport, Cumbrae
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Millport, Cumbrae / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Crocodile Rock, Millport, Isle of Great Cumbrae, Scotland. This crocodile has been one of Scotland's best known landmarks since at least 1913.[1]
context_page_description: Millport is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of North Ayrshire. The town is 4 miles south from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry slipway.
  Tourism is an important aspect of the economy. Due to its small size, the island and its town are often linked in the minds of visitors and residents and Great Cumbrae is often referred to as Millport. The island offers views across to the Isle of Arran as well as of its smaller neighbour which lies barely a kilometre away, called Little Cumbrae. The Cumbraes are referred to as the Kumreyiar in the Norse Saga of Haakon Haakonarson.
  Millport has the smallest extant cathedral in the British Isles.
context_section_description: Millport, along with Rothesay on the Isle of Bute and the town of Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, is famous with generations of daytrippers from Glasgow as one of the resorts visited going "doon the watter" (down the water), meaning taking a trip aboard a River Clyde paddle steamer. At one time it was common for visitors to stay for several weeks over the summer, but presently the primary tourist trade comes in the form of daytrippers. This is mostly due to the growth of package holidays to Spain and the Balearics in the 1960s. It is still possible to experience a traditional day out courtesy of PS Waverley which calls at Millport twice a week during the summer, once originating at Ayr and once at Glasgow.
  Millport has a hotel and guest house, as well as many holiday lets with details on its dedicated website.
  There are wide sandy beaches close to the centre of town, popular for paddling and swimming. A live webcam of Newton Bay shows visitors live weather on the island.
  One of the best known landmarks in Millport is the Crocodile Rock on the foreshore. It has been a feature since at least 1913, as it was that year that Robert Brown was acknowledged by the council for the work.
  Millport has the world's narrowest house, The Wedge, which at its front, measures just 47 inches or 1.19 metres. The house is 22 feet long by 11 feet wide at its widest point.
  Millport Bay contains a number of donation based visitor moorings, and is a popular destination for sailors in the summer. There is a small boat yard at the western end of the town.
  The town hosts Scotland's biggest independent country music festival, the Millport Country Music Festival in September each year, and a fireworks display is held during September Weekend.
caption: Crocodile Rock on the foreshore
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