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The Boathouse and the slipway on Ulva across the sound, white cottages under trees.
Isle of Mull

Ulva Farm Walk

The shortest waymarked walk on Ulva, 3.75km round the farm, Ulva House, the walled garden and Telford's church.

Welcome

The farm walk is the shortest and simplest of the waymarked walks on Ulva, the community-owned island across a narrow sound from Mull's west coast: a circuit of 3.75km, about an hour, on rough tracks linking the ferry jetty and the Boathouse with the farm, Ulva House and the church.

The circuit takes in the Boathouse, Sheila's Cottage and Ulva House, whose walled garden, behind big old trees, is being restored by volunteers. It follows the shore past the farm cottage and old outbuildings to the church, built to a design by Thomas Telford in 1828 to hold 300, a reminder of how many once lived here: 570 in 1841, before the island was cleared.

Round the cornerThe BoathouseA seafood restaurant by the jetty on the Isle of Ulva, a two-minute ferry from Mull, with no bookings.1 min by roadSee itThe white Boathouse on Ulva under a pink sunset sky, dark pines behind.
Before you go

The foot ferry from Ulva Ferry on Mull runs on demand from 1 April to 31 October, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm.

The walk is 3.75km and about an hour, on rough tracks. The church and Sheila's Cottage are closed for now.

Getting there
Ulva's foot ferry from Ulva Ferry, April to October, Monday to Friday.
Walk
3.75km, about an hour.
Closed
The church and Sheila's Cottage, for now.
Where it is

Isle of Ulva, from the ferry jetty, PA73 6LZ.

Close byOn Ulva.
  1. Sheila's Cottage on Ulva, a restored thatched croft house of stone among ferns.Isle of UlvaA community-owned island a two-minute ferry ride off Mull's west coast, with no cars, home cooking at the Boathouse and woodland walks.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. The Boathouse on Ulva across the sound, white on the rocky shore with a Saltire flying.Ulva Ferry PortThe jetty on Mull's west coast where the foot ferry crosses to Ulva, with a pontoon and parking by the road.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. Victorian villa with bay windows and turret roof, set above a sloping lawnUlva House GardenThe garden of Ulva House, the island’s historic heart and once the seat of the chiefs of Clan MacQuarrie.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. The white Boathouse by the landing on Ulva, people at picnic tables in the sun.Isle of UlvaUnder a mile1 min by road
  5. Waterfall dropping to a seaweed-covered shoreline beneath misty hillsEas Fors WaterfallThree waterfalls by the road north of Ulva Ferry, the last plunging a hundred feet over a cliff into the sea.2 miles6 min by road
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The white Boathouse on Ulva under a pink sunset sky, dark pines behind.RestaurantsThe BoathouseA step away
Lip na Cloiche's garden in flower, a small white greenhouse among dense beds of plants.AttractionsLip na Cloiche Garden3.4 miles
AttractionsLoch na Keal road3.6 miles
The pale timber building of Croft 3 on the croft, the sea and hills behind.RestaurantsCroft 34.4 miles
Riders on horseback cross a shallow, seaweed-covered shoreline under stormy skiesAttractionsPony Trekking6.5 miles
ShoppingEas Fors, Salen9.8 miles
Golf balls near the hole on a putting green with two playersAttractionsGolf on Mull10 miles
Walkers on the rocky summit ridge of Ben More, snow lying in the corries.AttractionsBen More, Mull10 miles
The Island Sauna Shack, a blue converted horsebox with a stove chimney, on a rocky shore by the sea.ActivityIsland sauna shack11 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the walk, and when each is next free.

The house's gabled wing with a decked terrace and two chairs, solar panels along the roof, seen across a grassy slope.Borradill House
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Glenborrodale
  • 17 miles from the farm walk
Free 15–17 NovBorradill Cottage, ArdnamurchanBorradill Cottage
  • Sleeps 4
  • In the Isle of Mull
  • 17 miles from the farm walk
Free 29 Nov – 1 DecA landscape view of the whitewashed cottage in low evening sun, its blue doors, lit lamps and teak chairs, smoke rising from the chimney.Fern Cottage
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Croggan
  • 18 miles from the farm walk
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