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Dunoon Burgh Hall at dusk, a stepped-gable stone building with a round rose window, its tall windows lit and a green door between two street lamps.
Argyll and Bute

Dunoon Burgh Hall

Dunoon's Victorian burgh hall, run as the town's arts centre by a charitable trust.

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Welcome

There's plenty going on at Dunoon Burgh Hall, and it makes a lovely stop in the middle of town.

The handsome Scottish Baronial hall opened in 1874, after Dunoon became a burgh, and held the first theatre in Argyll. Sylvester McCoy, a Dunoon man, first stepped onto a stage in this very hall. The community saved it from demolition, and it reopened in 2017 after a restoration of more than £3.5 million. Its gallery has shown everything from local artists to Andy Warhol, and upstairs the main hall hosts live music, comedy and Dunoon Players' December pantomime. Then settle into the café, or out in its little garden on a fine day.

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Before you go

Shows and talks run at their own times, on the hall's what's on page.

Open
The café and the exhibitions are open Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm, and closed Sunday to Tuesday.
Price
Exhibitions are free. Shows are ticketed.
The café
Coffee, teas, cakes made in-house, homemade soup and sandwiches, with vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free choices.
By ferry
The CalMac passenger ferry from Gourock docks a 10-minute walk away. The Western Ferries car ferry lands at Hunter's Quay, a mile and a half off.
Parking
No car park on site. Hanover Street car park is free and a short walk uphill to the back of the hall; Moir Street and Jane Villa car parks are close too, where charges may apply.
Access
A ramp from Argyll Street leads to the café, the gallery and the toilets, and a lift goes up to the main hall. There are accessible toilets on both floors and a hearing loop for events.
Dogs
Dog-friendly, with water bowls in the café.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
11am–3pm
Thursday
11am–3pm
Friday
11am–3pm
Saturday
11am–3pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

195 Argyll Street, Dunoon, PA23 7DD, in the town centre.

Close byDunoon and Cowal.
  1. Castle House in Dunoon, a turreted sandstone villa with battlements, above a rocky bank of rhododendrons in flower, steps climbing the lawn beside it and the Castle Hill flagpole on the left.Castle House MuseumDunoon's own museum of local history, run by the Dunoon and Cowal Heritage Trust, a local charity.Under a mile 2 min by road
  2. The front of Rock Cafe on West Bay in Dunoon, painted with a big ROCK sign, a caveman carrying a tray and a stone wall, bunting along the roof.Rock CafeA café on West Bay in Dunoon looking across the Clyde, for breakfasts, lunches, cakes and Argyll Coffee Roasters coffee.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Mist on the hills above the still water of the Holy Loch.Holy LochA short sea loch in Cowal named for Saint Munn, home to American nuclear submarines from 1961 to 1992 and quiet again now.3 miles 7 min by road
  4. St Munn's Church at Kilmun in sunshine, its square tower and tall windows above the sloping churchyard and its stone wall, the ruined medieval tower beside it and the wooded hill behind.Historic KilmunThe old church of Kilmun on the Holy Loch, open for guided tours from April to the start of November.6 miles 12 min by road
  5. The avenue of giant redwoods at the entrance to Benmore.Benmore Botanic GardenThe Royal Botanic Garden's mountainside garden in Cowal, entered by an avenue of redwoods planted in 1863.7 miles 13 min by road
  6. The ruin of Toward Castle from the air: its ivy-covered tower and the roofless walls of the courtyard among spring woods, the Firth of Clyde blue beyond.Toward CastleThe ruined tower house of the Lamont chiefs on the Toward shore of Cowal, raised around 1475 and left in ruins by the Campbells in 1646.8 miles 14 min by road
  7. Loch Long at Blairmore under a blue sky of high cloud, the white rails of Blairmore Pier and its Saltire on the left and the far shore low across the water.The BlairmoreA mother and daughter café for breakfasts, light lunches, home baking and Loch Fyne Ales.9 miles 16 min by road
Directions
Bishop's Glen Reservoir above Dunoon on a bright summer day, still blue water below a bank of conifers and birch, a grassy bank along the near shore.WalksBishop's Glen1.4 miles
Walkers follow a path through moss-covered pine trees and fernsAttractionsPuck’s Glen5.1 miles
The view from the Ardyne hillside over young birch and spruce to the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Bute across the water and the peaks of Arran on the skyline under a big sky of white cloud.WalksArdyne Trail8.7 miles
The wooded shore of Loch Eck.AttractionsJubilee Point, Loch Eck11 miles
Pines on a point, mirrored in the still water of Loch Eck.AttractionsLoch Eck11 miles
A walker on Ardentinny Beach under the trees.AttractionsArdentinny Beach14 miles
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Places to stay near the hall, and when each is next free.

Glenstriven House, a white Victorian house with grey stone corners, at the top of a gravel drive between lawns, with a wooded hill behind.Glenstriven House
  • Sleeps 15
  • In Argyll and Bute
  • 6 miles from Dunoon Burgh Hall
Free 25–27 OctThe Hollies, Argyll and ButeThe Hollies
  • Sleeps 18
  • In Tighnabruaich
  • 13 miles from Dunoon Burgh Hall
Check datesA stone cottage with a slated roof sits nestled among dense woodland, two paddleboards resting on the lawn in front.Red Squirrel Cottage
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Lochgoilhead
  • 14 miles from Dunoon Burgh Hall
Check datesSeal Cabin, Argyll and ButeSeal Cabin
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Lochgoilhead
  • 14 miles from Dunoon Burgh Hall
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