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The Iona Community's Welcome Centre and Shop, a low white building with its sign on the grass in front.
Isle of Iona

Iona Community Shop

The Iona Community's shop and welcome centre opposite the abbey, with books, local crafts and Iona Abbey bread.

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Welcome

The Iona Community's Shop and Welcome Centre is across the road from Iona Abbey, in a low white building, and it is a good first stop on the island: the staff will answer your questions, share what is on, and tell you about the Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian movement for justice and peace that was founded in 1938 and lives and worships at the abbey.

The shop sells a wide range of books, from the Iona Abbey Worship Book and Wild Goose music to Scottish history, geography and literature and books for children, alongside locally hand-crafted gifts, Celtic jewellery, pilgrimage guides, clothing, maps and cards. Everything is chosen with fair trade and local trade in mind, and all the profits go to the Community's work on Iona and Mull. There are hot and cold drinks and snacks too, ice cream, home baking, and the famous Iona Abbey bread. It is open every day, from noon on Sundays.

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 Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday noon to 5pm.

Across the road from Iona Abbey. Telephone 01681 700404.

Getting there
CalMac ferry from Fionnphort on Mull, about five minutes, foot passengers and bikes only.
Hours
Mon to Sat 10:00 to 17:00; Sun 12:00 to 17:00.
Where
Opposite Iona Abbey.

Opening hours

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

Opposite Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, PA76 6SN.

Close byOpposite the abbey.
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Inside Oran Creative Crafts: shelves of candles, glass and gifts on a wooden counter.Oran Creative CraftsA co-operative of Iona's own makers in an old steading on the way to the abbey, selling crafts made on the island.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. 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
  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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