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A row of white and stone cottages with dormer windows lines a quiet coastal street, benches set outside two of the doors.
Isle of Arran

Corrie

A village of white cottages on Arran's east coast where Joan Eardley and Margot Sandeman painted, with a sandstone quay and a little harbour.

Welcome

Corrie strings out along the coast road five miles north of Brodick, a row of white cottages between the sea and the steep slopes below Goatfell.

In the days of the steamers that sailed round the island, passengers came and went by rowing boat from the ferry rock, and a little stone quay still shelters boats in the harbour.

The village has a proud place in Scottish art. In the 1940s the painter Joan Eardley came here with her friend Margot Sandeman, and the two shared a tiny cottage and studio called the Tabernacle. Eardley drew the villagers and painted the shore, and her Corrie Shore is among her best-known early works, long before her years at Catterline.

Stop to walk along the shore and the harbour, then carry on up the road for seafood at Mara or a paddle at Sannox.

Round the cornerMara, CorrieSeafood on the shore road.1 min by roadSee itSingle-storey café with blue awning and railings, wooden tables on the terrace
Before you go

A village on the coast road, open to wander at any time.

Where
Five miles north of Brodick.
Painted by
Joan Eardley, Margot Sandeman.
Harbour
A little stone quay.
Where it is

On the A841 five miles north of Brodick, KA27 8JP.

Close byArran's east coast.
  1. Mist curling around a jagged rocky mountain peakGoat FellArran's highest hill, above the village.2 miles 6 min by road
  2. Curved pebble and sand beach lined with trees under a grey skySannox BeachA beach of pink granite sand to the north.2 miles 5 min by road
  3. Walker crossing a wide glen towards distant jagged peaksNorth Glen Sannox3 miles 7 min by road
  4. Cloud drifting over jagged rocky ridgelines with grassy slopes belowCìr MhòrThe jagged granite peak at the head of Glen Rosa and Glen Sannox, 798 metres high, its name meaning big comb.3 miles 9 min by road
  5. Brodick Castle, Garden and Country ParkBrodick Castle, Garden and Country Park4 miles 12 min by road
Directions
Single-storey café with blue awning and railings, wooden tables on the terraceRestaurantsMara, Corrie0.2 miles
Wooden dinosaur sculpture beside a black timber café with picnic tables on sandRestaurantsArran Botanical Drinks, Cladach4.2 miles
Arran's Cheese Shop entrance with red pillars and a wooden signboard outsideShoppingArran's Cheese Shop4.6 miles
Sandstone building with sign reading "Arran, Sense of Scotland, by Arran AromaticsShoppingARRAN Sense of Scotland4.6 miles
Whitewashed cottages with red doors, a green wheelbarrow in the gravel courtyardAttractionsIsle of Arran Heritage Museum5.2 miles
Vintage pale blue van converted into a coffee stall beside treesRestaurantsThe French Fox, Brodick5.7 miles
Waterfall on a moorland stream with jagged peaks rising beyondAttractionsGlen Rosa5.8 miles
Waterfall tumbling through rocks below Skye's jagged Cuillin peaksAttractionsThe Blue Pool, Glen Rosa5.8 miles
Deli staff stack pizza boxes beside shelves of tinned tomatoes and wine bottlesRestaurantsThe Parlour, Brodick5.9 miles
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Places to stay near the village, and when each is next free.

The Hollies, Argyll and ButeThe Hollies
  • Sleeps 18
  • In Tighnabruaich
  • 18 miles from Corrie
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