Isle Of Cumbrae
Great Cumbrae (likewise referred to as Great Cumbrae Island, Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the larger of both islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland. Home to the National Watersports Centre, the Cathedral of the Isles and the University Marine Biological Station, Millport, the holiday island has an 18-hole golf links which sweeps virtually to the summit, and also a round-island road much favoured for household cycle runs. The island is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long by 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) broad, rising to a height of 127 metres (417 feet) above sea level at "The Glaid Stone" - a big, normally occurring rock set down on the highest possible summit on the island. There is a triangulation pillar close by, along with a positioning factor which indicates the locations of surrounding spots. Millport, the island's only town, is spread around a bay that makes up the whole south coast of the island. The normal island population of 1,376 as recorded by the 2011 census was a mild loss from the 2001 number of 1,434. The population increases significantly during the summer traveler period due to the high percentage of 2nd houses.
