Blackwaterfoot Lodge

Facilities The hotel is located 50 yards from picturesque Blackwaterfoot harbour and a 5 minute stroll from the sandy beach below the unique 12 hole Blackwaterfoot/Shiskine links course. The building is late Victorian; the hotel is quiet, family friendly, warm and welcoming. · Seven non-smoking, en suite, double, family or twin bedrooms and eighth with H&C, plus a two bedroom self-catering cottage. · Mature garden. · Tea and coffee making facilities in all rooms. · Packed lunches available, designed for energetic outdoor people. · Colour TV in most rooms. · Substantial library. · Bistro style restaurant serving freshly cooked meals. · Licensed Bar, with real ale from Arran breweries. · Baby equipment (cots, intercoms). · Pets by arrangement.

Smugglers End The self-catering cottage features a lounge/diner, a shower room and two bedrooms, one with a double bed and the other with twin beds. The cottage is completely and comfortably furnished and is within the hotel grounds. It is thus convenient for the bar and restaurant and other village amenities and shops.

The Lodge Although originally built as a Temperance Hotel, we're pleased to say that nowadays the lodge is fully licensed and guests can enjoy drinks in the bar and wine with meals. Our mission is to provide guests with comfortable functional rooms, excellent food and drink, a convivial environment and exceptional value.

Bistro Restaurant - A taste of Arran Our restaurant reflects our philosophy - that the enjoyment of appetising and good value food is one of the essential elements of a memorable holiday. The menu is limited (but changes frequently) to ensure that the freshest and highest quality ingredients go into our meals. We bring our fondness of food and hospitality, gathered from the reaches of the world - Canada, Middle and Far East, and closer to home - from time spent living there. We hope you enjoy our food, which we like to think fuses something new with the comfortingly familiar. We buy as much as we can from fresh local sources. Our lamb and beef is locally reared, our eggs are from Arran free-range hens and we feature Arran cheese and Arran ice cream. Ingredients that we can't get from Arran are delivered fresh from mainland markets and some we grow ourselves.

Arran is an island, 20 miles long and 57 miles around, located off the south west coast of Scotland. Picturesque villages like pearls on a necklace are strung around its edge. The climate is tempered by the Gulf Stream and is mild enough to support the growth of palm trees. Annual events include the Isle of Arran folk festival, in early June, The Isle of Arran Half Marathon in the Shiskine valley and the Brodick highland games in early August. There are also various hill races; Goatfell in mid-May, Glen Rosa in mid-June and Urie Loch in mid-July. Shiskine Valley Sports day is held on the second Saturday in July. Check with the local tourist office for exact dates and details. - 01770 302401.

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Revised - 29th April 2002