Isle Of Cumbrae
Great Cumbrae (also referred to as Great Cumbrae Island, Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the larger 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 as well as the University Marine Biological Station, Millport, the holiday island has an 18-hole fairway which sweeps almost to the summit, and a round-island road much favoured for family cycle runs. The island is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long by 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) large, rising to a height of 127 metres (417 ft) over water level at "The Glaid Stone" - a large, naturally happening rock set down on the highest top on the island. There is a triangulation column close by, as well as an orientation factor which suggests the places of bordering spots. Millport, the island's only town, is spread around a bay which makes up the entire south shore of the island. The normal island population of 1,376 as recorded by the 2011 census was a minor loss from the 2001 number of 1,434. The population boosts substantially during the summertime tourist season because of the high proportion of 2nd houses.
