Isle Of Cumbrae
Great Cumbrae (likewise called Great Cumbrae Island, Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the bigger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the reduced Firth of Clyde in western Scotland. House to the National Watersports Centre, the Cathedral of the Isles and the College Marine Biological Station, Millport, the holiday island has an 18-hole fairway which sweeps practically to the top, and 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 ft) above sea level at "The Glaid Stone" - a large, normally happening rock perched on the greatest summit on the island. There is a triangulation column close by, in addition to a positioning factor which indicates the locations of bordering landmarks. Millport, the island's only community, is spread around a bay that makes up the entire south coast of the island. The common island population of 1,376 as recorded by the 2011 census was a minor fall from the 2001 figure of 1,434. The population increases substantially during the summer visitor period due to the high proportion of second homes.
