Carradale, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, PA28

A recently upgraded and stylish bungalow enjoying uninterrupted waterscape views and close to sandy Carradale Bay.


Oran Na Mara is a delightful, detached cottage type home completed in pebble dash finish with smooth render relief neatly presented under a green box profile sheet roof. Internally the house is laid out over a single light and bright and easily managed level, with front-facing rooms enjoying uninterrupted waterscape views and the remaining apartments benefiting from uninterrupted rolling countryside views.

Oran Na Mara is an exciting opportunity presented in turnkey order and lends itself perfectly as a principal private residency, and due to its situation of great natural scenic beauty, it will provide new owners with numerous options as a second or holiday home.

Oran Na Mara

Ground Floor
Outer front door to entrance hall with cloaks hooks, cupboard housing electrical switch gear, bedroom 1 with window to side gardens, open plan sitting cum kitchen to dining area, all completed in a stylish and contemporary style with a warming log buring stove, integrated Howdens kitchen with central island bar, steps down to dining area, all with uninterrupted views towards the water, bedroom 2 with picture frame window to rolling countryside, bedroom 3 with triple fitted wardrobes and window to rolling countryside, family bathroom with heated towel rail, hall store housing the air source heat pump gear, utility, stylish family shower room with walk in shower enclosure and heated towel rail, door to rear gardens.

Outbuildings
Box profile sheet boatshed/garage with twin leaf doors and a personal door access, part concrete and gravel floor, light and power supply.

Gardens
Via a timber swing gate to private gravel driveway leading to ample gravel vehicular hard standing and parking area. Gravel wraps around to the front of the property where there is an excellent area for alfresco sitting, dining and enjoying uninterrupted waterscape views. A level lawn area borders the gravel and with a gentle gradient an area of lawn with an assortment of beds and bushes surrounding Oran Na Mara, two sets of steps allow access to lower level gardens where there is a further level lawn area. From the gardens there are breath-taking views across rolling countryside to the Carradale Water and beyond out across the Carradale Bay.

Services
Mains water supply, drainage is by private septic tank, Mitsubishi Air Source Heat Pump, double glazing.

Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
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Council Tax
Oran Na Mara is in Council tax band C and the amount payable for 2026/2027 is £1,853.58p including water and excluding sewerage.

Situation
Oran Na Mara is situated down a country lane to a very charming hamlet called Waterfoot, a short drive from the picturesque small harbour village of Carradale on the eastern side of the Kintyre Peninsula. The beautiful village was recently featured on Escape to the Country S26 E1.

The Carradale community shop and post office are only about 0.9 miles from Oran Na Mara.

The main harbour centre of Carradale is about 1 mile to the east where there is the quite charming and picturesque small fishing harbour, from which are panoramic views extending out across the lower reaches of the Kilbrannan sound and on to the high tops of Arran beyond.

Carradale village has a primary school two hotels, a restaurant for local dining including The Blackbird Tearoom and Beinn an turic Distillery.

Carradale lies at the centre of a network of forest and coastal walks, and the area is rich in wildlife with numerous bird species, several species of deer, red squirrels, dolphins, seals and otters all frequently seen. The area has three wonderful sandy beaches. The sandy beach is only as crow flies from Oran Na Mara.

The village has a challenging 9 hole golf course and at Machrihanish (20.1 miles) there are now two of the most challenging and scenic 18 hole links courses in the West of Scotland, Machrihanish, Machrihanish Dunes and also Dunaverty at Southend. Some of the local estates run commercial shoots and there are opportunities to fish on some of the local rivers and hill lochs as well as sea angling in the Kilbrannan Sound. The 3-mile golden beach of Machrihanish Bay is well known for windsurfing and surf canoeing.

The west of Scotland is famed for its scenic sailing, and it is possible to safely moor boats in the area with associated chandlery and marina services.

A bus service operates between Carradale harbour and Campbeltown. There is an airport at Machrihanish with a twice-daily service to and from Glasgow. It boasts the second longest runway in Scotland.

The town of Campbeltown is 14 miles to the South and has two supermarkets, a full range of shops and professional services, a secondary school, an A&E hospital, leisure facilities (including a modern swimming pool) and a cinema.

From Tarbert there is a ferry link to Portavadie, which gives access to an alternative route to Glasgow via Dunoon and Gourock.

Oran Na Mara is 14 miles to the south of the picturesque little ferry port of Claonaig, by Skipness, which connects Lochranza on the island of Arran to the Kintyre peninsula, whilst the Kennacraig ferry is circa 18 miles distant (just off the A83) and connects the Kintyre mainland with Islay, Jura and Colonsay. The Kintyre Express offers regular sailings to Ballycastle in the north of Ireland.
A long-distance footpath called the Kintyre Way was completed in 2006 and stretches from Tarbert at the North end of the peninsula, to Southend in the South and crisscrosses the peninsula, connecting communities, landscape, people and produce. The Kintyre Way is 100 miles long in total and with 4 to 7 days’ worth of walking, there is a combination of serious hiking and gentle rambles.

Travel Directions

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From Glasgow city centre travel in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway. Leave the motorway at J30 following signs for Erskine Bridge. Proceed over bridge turning left onto the A82. Remain on the A82 for 25 miles going up Loch Lomond side. Bear left at Tarbet on to the A83. Remain on the A83 for 61 miles passing through Inveraray, Furnace, Minard, Lochgilphead and Ardrishaig before arriving in Tarbert.

Taking the east side minor coastal road.
Continue through Tarbert on the A83 following signs for Campbeltown. Passing Kennacraig Ferry Terminal follow the signs for B8001 (signposted Carradale and Skipness). Continue on the B8001 for about 4.7 miles to reach Claonaig. Bear right onto the B842 (signposted Campbeltown) and continue towards Carradale. Continue on the B842 for 14.5 miles.Turn left at Dippen Bridge following the sign for Waterfoot. Proceed along the single track road heading towards Carradale Bay before taking a left hand turn off the single track road, turn left again at the bottom of the road to find Oran Na Mara on your right hand side.

Taking the west side main A83
Leave Tarbert and remain on the A83 following signs Campbeltown. Continue on the A83 for 36 miles to reach Campbeltown. On arrival in Campbeltown, turn left onto Dalaruan St which becomes the B842. Continue on the B842 for 14.5 miles before turning right just at Dippen bridge over the Carradale Water, following the sign for Waterfoot. Proceed along the single track road heading towards Carradale Bay before taking a left hand turn off the single track road, turn left again at the bottom of the road to find Oran Na Mara on your right hand side."
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