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Shelves at An Gleann with bottles, jars and gifts.
Isle of Islay

An Gleann Tablet

A cottage confectioner near Port Charlotte making tablet by hand, some of it with Islay and Jura malts.

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An Gleann, the glen, is a cottage near Port Charlotte where a small family confectioner makes tablet by hand in small batches to a traditional Scottish recipe.

They use local ingredients wherever possible and give many of their tablets an Islay twist with the island's own single malts, and Jura's too; the gift bags and boxes are designed from the landscape and coast of the two islands.

The little shop at the house is open from April to December. A sign at the roadside marks the gate, and inside the porch dressers are stacked with bags of tablet, with jars of homemade jam and chutney, free-range eggs and, in season, comb honey. They are often busy making, so it runs on trust: serve yourself and pay at the honesty box. Tablet can also be ordered for weddings and parties, and is sent by post from their site.

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Before you go

The shop at the house is open from April to December.

Serve yourself and pay at the honesty box; PayPal is taken too. Phone 01496 860220.

Getting there
CalMac’s ferry from Kennacraig sails to Port Askaig while Port Ellen is closed for upgrades (from 2 June 2026, expected to reopen in 2029); Port Askaig is about 20.8 miles from Port Ellen. Or fly from Glasgow to Islay Airport.
Open
April to December.
Pay
Honesty box.

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Where it is

An Gleann, near Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, PA48 7UE.

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