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The blue front of Brown's on Tobermory's Main Street, a rally car parked outside.
Isle of Mull

Brown's Tobermory

A long-established family shop on Tobermory's Main Street selling hardware, kitchenware, wines and malt whisky.

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Brown's is a long-established family shop on Tobermory's Main Street, a blue-fronted building on the harbour that sells an eclectic range of things, the kind of island shop where you can find almost anything.

On one side it is a wine merchant, with affordable wines, malt whiskies, some of them rare, Hebridean gins and a wide range of liqueurs and spirits.

On the other it is an ironmonger: hardware, tools, plumbing parts, specialist paint and varnish, small appliances and electrical goods, batteries and bulbs of every kind, kitchenware and bakeware, glasses and crockery, cleaning products and pet supplies, and it cuts keys too. If what you need is not in stock, the staff will do their best to get it for you. It is open from Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm, and closed on Sunday. Café Fish and the Hebridean Whale Centre are a few doors along the same stretch of Main Street.

Round the cornerCafé FishA seafood restaurant on the upper floor of Tobermory's pier, fed daily by its own fishing boat, the Highlander.1 min by roadSee itDiners at a table by the bright windows of Café Fish, painted fish on the walls.
Before you go

Open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm; closed Sunday.

21 Main Street, Tobermory. Telephone 01688 302020.

Getting there
CalMac ferry: Oban to Craignure (50 minutes), Lochaline to Fishnish, or Kilchoan to Tobermory.
Hours
Mon to Sat, 09:00 to 17:00.
Where
21 Main Street, Tobermory.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–5pm
Tuesday
9am–5pm
Wednesday
9am–5pm
Thursday
9am–5pm
Friday
9am–5pm
Saturday
9am–5pm
Sunday
Closed
Where it is

21 Main Street, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, PA75 6NU.

Close byOn Main Street.
  1. The blue front of the Hebridean Whale Centre on Tobermory's Main Street.Hebridean Whale CentreThe Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust's free centre on Tobermory's harbour front, with exhibitions, sightings and talks.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. A man serving a customer at the hatch of the Fisherman's Pier trailer, the chalkboard menu beside it.Fisherman’s Pier Fish and ChipsA silver fish and chip trailer on Tobermory's harbour front, open every day from noon to 8pm.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. Inside The Galleon: white walls, a high ceiling with a round window, tables and a staircase.The GalleonA family-run bistro up the brae from Tobermory's Main Street, with menus that change with the island's larder.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. 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.Under a mile1 min by road
  5. 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.Under a mile1 min by road
Directions
Diners at a table by the bright windows of Café Fish, painted fish on the walls.RestaurantsCafé FishA step away
Colourful waterfront houses at Tobermory reflected in still harbour waterAttractionsTobermory0.4 miles
AttractionsRubha nan Gall Lighthouse0.9 miles
A tall waterfall pouring over dark rock in Aros Park, a burn tumbling through boulders below among trees.AttractionsAros Park Waterfalls1.6 miles
Inside the Glass Barn: tables under a glass roof covered in a green vine, the fields beyond the windows.CafeThe Glass Barn4.5 miles
AttractionsLoch Torr Wildlife Hide5.2 miles
Dùn Ara's crag across a green field, the sea and hills beyond under a blue sky.AttractionsDùn Ara5.6 miles
Aros Castle on its green knoll above a still bay at low tide, trees and a white house along the shore.AttractionsAros Castle8.7 miles
ShoppingEas Fors, Salen9.7 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the shop, 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
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