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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.
Argyll and Bute

The Blairmore

A mother and daughter café for breakfasts, light lunches, home baking and Loch Fyne Ales.

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Welcome

The Blairmore is a lovely little café and shop on the shore of Loch Long, right beside Blairmore Pier and about fifteen minutes' drive from Dunoon.

Everything is homemade or local, and the menu changes with the seasons, from the Argyll Smokery salmon and Stronchullin Farm eggs at breakfast to the scones and traybakes on the counter. Sit in, or out at the tables on a fine day. The shop is full of Scottish ceramics, prints and pantry treats from makers across Cowal and beyond, so it's a good place for a gift. For a treat, book the afternoon tea, which comes with a mini bottle of prosecco. Dogs get a homemade carrot cake of their own.

A short drive awayCastle Hill, Dunoon18 min by roadSee itCastle Hill, Dunoon
Before you go

Walk in, sit in or take away.

Open
Usually open most days, 9.30am to 4.30pm in summer, with shorter hours in winter. The café posts each month's opening days on the calendar on its website.
Food
Hot food stops 30 minutes before closing; cakes and coffee carry on to the end.
Booking
Walk in for the café. Afternoon tea is served from 2pm and needs booking at least 24 hours ahead: 01369 760391.
Parking
Free parking nearby at Blairmore Pier.
Access
Step-free into the café and the shop.
Dogs
Welcome inside and at the outdoor tables, with water bowls.

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Where it is

Shore Road, Blairmore, PA23 8TJ, on the A880.

Close bythe Holy Loch, Loch Long and Cowal.
  1. 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.3 miles 5 min by road
  2. A walker on Ardentinny Beach under the trees.Ardentinny BeachThe longest beach on the Cowal peninsula, on Loch Long, backed by forest, with a shore path to Carrick Castle.5 miles 11 min by road
  3. 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 1863.6 miles 8 min by road
  4. 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.7 miles 12 min by road
  5. 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.9 miles 17 min by road
  6. Pines on a point, mirrored in the still water of Loch Eck.Loch EckA long, quiet loch in the Argyll Forest Park, with red squirrels on its shores and the rare powan in its depths.10 miles 14 min by road
Directions
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.AttractionsDunoon Burgh Hall3.3 miles
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.AttractionsCastle House Museum3.5 miles as the crow flies
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 Glen3.8 miles
Walkers follow a path through moss-covered pine trees and fernsAttractionsPuck’s Glen4.0 miles
The wooded shore of Loch Eck.AttractionsJubilee Point, Loch Eck9.7 miles
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.AttractionsToward Castle16 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 Trail17 miles
The Hollies, Argyll and ButeTighnabruaichThe HolliesSleeps 18 · 25 miles

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Places to stay near the café, 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
  • 7 miles from The Blairmore
Free 25–27 OctA 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
  • 11 miles from The Blairmore
Check datesSeal Cabin, Argyll and ButeSeal Cabin
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Lochgoilhead
  • 11 miles from The Blairmore
Check datesThe Hollies, Argyll and ButeThe Hollies
  • Sleeps 18
  • In Tighnabruaich
  • 15 miles from The Blairmore
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