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Port Bannatyne (Scottish Gaelic: Port MhicEamailinn) is a coastal village on the Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland that is home to many steamers. Port Bannatyne developed into the 1900s as a quieter and more unusual alternative to Rothesay. It is a popular harbour, with a small yacht marina and boatyard and an unusual 13-hole golf course rather than the standard 18.

Port Bannatyne Scottish Gaelic: Port MhicEamailinn
Port Bannatyne village
Port Bannatyne Location within Argyll and Bute
Population	1,090 (mid-2020 est.)[1]
OS grid reference	NS072672
• London	455 miles
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF BUTE
Postcode district	PA20
Dialling code	01700
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute
List of places UK Scotland 55.86°N 5.08°W / 55.86; -5.08

Geography

Port Bannatyne lies on the Firth of Clyde, approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of Rothesay on the Scottish Isle of Bute. Rhubodach is a further 6 miles (10 km) north away on the A886 and a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry service to the Cowal peninsula.[2] This ferry runs every 30 minutes during the day. In Rothesay there is a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry service to Wemyss Bay in Inverclyde.[3] This ferry leaves every 45 minutes (journey time 35 minutes) during the day.

Substantial slate and stone houses face the sea around Kames Bay. The village's focus was the stone pier mid-way along the south shore of Kames Bay. The bay provided mooring for yachts and fishing boats.

On the seafront are a shop/Post Office, and the Anchor Tavern (a bar for the brave). The Port Royal Hotel, just along the road is the old village inn. It was bought in 2000 by a Russian family who renovated the building and turned the old pub into a replica of a Russian Tavern of Imperial Times.[4] It has five guest rooms and serves fine seafood and Russian Cuisine (according to TIME OUT in the top five affordable serious restaurants in Scotland).

Above the village, with views across the sea to the Isle of Arran and the Argyll hills, is the Port Bannatyne golf-course.[5] Built in 1912, the course now has 13 holes and wild deer grazing the herbage.[6] The village has strong links overseas and has its own club for the French game of Pétanque, with a pitch, or piste, on the seafront.[7]

In 2005, work was started on the new yacht marina. The small boatyard has grown into a stone-built sea wall enclosure of part of the bay, providing 105 berths.[8]

History

The village started in 1801 with the building of a small harbour on Kames Bay. Lord Bannatyne of Kames Castle, at the head of the bay, planned the village in an attempt to rival Rothesay. Initially known as Kamesburgh, by the mid-19th century, steamers were calling there regularly.[9] In 1860 the Marquess of Bute purchased this part of the island and renamed the village Port Bannatyne in honour of the long historical association of the Bannatyne family with the area.[10] Boat building became an important local industry.

In 1879 a narrow gauge horse-drawn tram linked Port Bannatyne with Rothesay. This was electrified and extended across the island to Ettrick Bay in 1902.[10]

In the Second World War midget submarines exercised in the bay and nearby Loch Striven.[9] The luxury Kyles Hydro Hotel, overlooking the Port, was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve as the HQ for midget submarine (x-craft) operations. In particular, it was from here (hotel renamed HMS Varbel) that the top secret and audacious attack on the Tirpitz was masterminded.[11]

References

External links

• Canmore - Bute, Port Bannatyne, General site record
• Canmore - Bute, Port Bannatyne, Shore Road, North Byte Parish Church site record
• Canmore - Bute, Port Bannatyne, 37 Marine Road, Port Royal Hotel site record
• Canmore - Bute, Port Bannatyne, Kyles of Bute Hydropathic site record
• Canmore - Bute, Port Bannatyne, Former Steamer Pier site record
• Canmore - Bute, Port Bannatyne, Marine Road Quay site record

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[de] Port Bannatyne

Port Bannatyne, veraltet auch Kamesburgh, gälisch: Port MhicEamailinn[1], ist eine Ortschaft auf der schottischen Insel Bute in der Council Area Argyll and Bute. Sie liegt an der Ostküste der Insel an den Ufern der Kames Bay etwa drei Kilometer nordwestlich von Rothesay, dem Hauptort der Insel. Direkt östlich an Ardbeg Point liegt die Nachbarortschaft Ardbeg.[2] Port Bannatyne ist durch die A844, einer der beiden Hauptstraßen der Insel, an das Straßennetz angeschlossen. Im Jahre 2011 wurden in Port Bannatyne 1210 Einwohner gezählt.[3]

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