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Inside Oran Creative Crafts: shelves of candles, glass and gifts on a wooden counter.
Isle of Iona

Oran Creative Crafts

A co-operative of Iona's own makers in an old steading on the way to the abbey, selling crafts made on the island.

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Oran Creative Crafts is a co-operative of makers who all live and work on Iona, with a shop in a low converted steading of pink granite and slate at the St Columba Steadings, on the road to the abbey opposite the St Columba Hotel, behind a garden of wild flowers.

It was set up in 2003, and its eight members sell only their own work, made on the island.

Inside the rustic shop you will find weaving and crochet, candles and soaps, prints, cards and original photographs, glasswork, felting and knitwear, and gifts made with Iona greenstone. It opens every day from 10am to 5pm from late March until early November, with shorter hours at the start and end of the season. Next door is Aosdàna, a gallery and working studio selling contemporary artwork and Iona jewellery. The nunnery and the abbey are a few minutes' walk either way.

Round the cornerSt Columba LarderA little whitewashed café and larder on Iona's main road, for coffee, home baking and picnic supplies.1 min by roadSee itShelves of snacks, jars and treats inside the St Columba Larder.
Before you go

Open daily 10am to 5pm from late March to early November, with shorter hours at the beginning and end of the season.

At the St Columba Steadings, opposite the St Columba Hotel. Telephone 01681 700127.

Getting there
CalMac ferry from Fionnphort on Mull, about five minutes, foot passengers and bikes only.
Hours
Daily 10:00 to 17:00, late March to early November.
Where
St Columba Steadings, opposite the St Columba Hotel.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–5pm
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–5pm
Friday
10am–5pm
Saturday
10am–5pm
Sunday
10am–5pm
Where it is

St Columba Steadings, Isle of Iona, PA76 6SJ.

Close byOn the road to the abbey.
  1. Iona Nunnery Ruins, Isle of IonaIona Nunnery RuinsThe pink granite ruins of Iona's Augustinian nunnery, the most complete in Scotland, on the street up from the ferry.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. Iona AbbeyIona AbbeyThe restored Benedictine abbey on the site of St Columba's monastery of 563, with its cloister, high crosses and museum of carved stones.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. St Oran’s Chapel & Reilig OdhráinThe small chapel and ancient graveyard beside Iona Abbey, where Scotland's early kings are said to lie.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. The Iona Community's Welcome Centre and Shop, a low white building with its sign on the grass in front.Iona Community ShopThe Iona Community's shop and welcome centre opposite the abbey, with books, local crafts and Iona Abbey bread.Under a mile1 min by road
  5. The whitewashed front of the Iona Craft Shop with blue window frames, bicycles and chairs outside.Iona Craft ShopA craft shop on Iona since 1965, opposite the nunnery, known for its knitwear and its Iona Wool.Under a mile1 min by road
Directions
Shelves of snacks, jars and treats inside the St Columba Larder.RestaurantsSt Columba LarderA step away
Scattered cottages and a stone church overlook a coastal bay from grassy hillsideAttractionsIsle of IonaA step away
Iona's shore and the Sound under a pale sky.AttractionsIsle of IonaA step away
The white sand and blue water of the bay, rocks beyond.AttractionsBay at the Back of the OceanA step away
The Keel Row in Fionnphort, low granite buildings with picnic benches behind a stone wall.BarsThe Keel Row0.2 miles
The pebble beach of St Columba's Bay on Iona between rocky outcrops, the sea beyond.AttractionsSt Columba's Bay0.7 miles
The rocky inlet of the marble quarry on Iona, green slopes above the blue sea.AttractionsIona Marble Quarry0.8 miles
A table laid with glasses and white napkins at Ninth Wave, a painting of pebbles on the wall behind.RestaurantsNinth Wave Restaurant0.9 miles
Coastal garden with flower beds overlooking a sailing boat on the waterAttractionsTraigh Bhan nam Monach2.7 miles
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