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A tall waterfall pouring over dark rock in Aros Park, a burn tumbling through boulders below among trees.
Isle of Mull

Aros Park Waterfalls

Woodland trails and waterfalls on the edge of Tobermory, with views over the Sound of Mull to Ardnamurchan.

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Welcome

Aros Park is Tobermory's back garden: a stretch of woodland on the edge of the town where trails wind through ferns and trees to a series of waterfalls, the Aros Burn dropping in a tall white fall over dark rock and tumbling on through the woods in smaller cascades.

It belongs to Forestry and Land Scotland, and it is free to walk.

Viewpoints along the way look out over Tobermory and across the Sound of Mull to Ardnamurchan. There is a play trail for children, free barbecue points for a picnic lunch, and a loch where you can try for trout. It lies just off the A848 on the edge of the town, and it is a place to spend an hour, or a whole afternoon.

A short drive awayThe GalleonA family-run bistro up the brae from Tobermory's Main Street, with menus that change with the island's larder.5 min by roadSee itInside The Galleon: white walls, a high ceiling with a round window, tables and a staircase.
Before you go

Aros Park is on the edge of Tobermory, off the A848, run by Forestry and Land Scotland.

There are waymarked trails, a play trail, free barbecue points and trout fishing on the loch.

Getting there
CalMac ferry: Oban to Craignure (50 minutes), Lochaline to Fishnish, or Kilchoan to Tobermory.
Where
The edge of Tobermory, off the A848.
For children
A play trail.
Picnics
Free barbecue points.
Where it is

Aros Park, off the A848, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, PA75 6AD.

Close byOn the edge of Tobermory.
  1. The green 'Tobermory Stores' sign over the shop window, a painted mural below.Tobermory StoresAn independent grocer and delicatessen on Tobermory's Main Street, with Mull produce and food to take away.1 mile4 min by road
  2. Tobermory distilleryTobermory distilleryOne of Scotland's oldest working distilleries, founded in 1798 at the end of Tobermory's Main Street, with tours and a shop.2 miles5 min by road
  3. TobermoryTobermoryMull's main town, a planned fishing port of 1788 whose painted houses curve round a sheltered bay on the Sound of Mull.2 miles5 min by road
  4. Aros Castle on its green knoll above a still bay at low tide, trees and a white house along the shore.Aros CastleThe ruins of a 13th-century hall-house and bailey on a promontory above the Sound of Mull near Salen.8 miles15 min by road
  5. Calgary BayThe largest and easiest beach in north Mull, a long sweep of white sand backed by flowering machair, west of Dervaig.13 miles22 min by road
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Inside The Galleon: white walls, a high ceiling with a round window, tables and a staircase.RestaurantsThe Galleon1.5 miles
A man serving a customer at the hatch of the Fisherman's Pier trailer, the chalkboard menu beside it.AttractionsFisherman’s Pier Fish and Chips1.6 miles
The blue front of the Hebridean Whale Centre on Tobermory's Main Street.AttractionsHebridean Whale Centre1.6 miles
Diners at a table by the bright windows of Café Fish, painted fish on the walls.RestaurantsCafé Fish1.6 miles
The blue front of Brown's on Tobermory's Main Street, a rally car parked outside.ShoppingBrown's Tobermory1.6 miles
AttractionsRubha nan Gall Lighthouse2.2 miles
Inside the Glass Barn: tables under a glass roof covered in a green vine, the fields beyond the windows.CafeThe Glass Barn5.2 miles
AttractionsLoch Torr Wildlife Hide5.9 miles
Dùn Ara's crag across a green field, the sea and hills beyond under a blue sky.AttractionsDùn Ara6.3 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the park, and when each is next free.

The house's gabled wing with a decked terrace and two chairs, solar panels along the roof, seen across a grassy slope.Borradill House
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Glenborrodale
  • 8 miles from Aros Park
Free 15–17 NovBorradill Cottage, ArdnamurchanBorradill Cottage
  • Sleeps 4
  • In the Isle of Mull
  • 8 miles from Aros Park
Free 29 Nov – 1 DecA white harled house with a slated roof sits behind a clipped hedge along a gravel drive, hills rising behind autumn trees.Glenhurich Lodge
  • Sleeps 11
  • In the Isle of Mull
  • 19 miles from Aros Park
Check datesA white cottage with a grey slate roof stands behind a stone wall among trees on a hillside.The Old School
  • Sleeps 4
  • In the Isle of Mull
  • 20 miles from Aros Park
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