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{{Short description|Ferry port on Isle of Mull, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Craignure
| gaelic_name                      = Creag an Iubhair
| scots_name                       =
| label_position                   = left
| static_image_name                = Craignure old pier - Seann chidhe Creag an Iubhair - geograph.org.uk - 599919.jpg
| static_image_caption             = The old pier at Craignure 
| population                       = 200
| population_ref                   = (approx.)
| os_grid_reference                = NM717371
| coordinates                      = {{coord|56.471|-5.707|display=inline,title}}
| civil_parish                     = [[Torosay]]
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Argyll and Bute]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Argyll and Bute]]
| constituency_westminster         = [[Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Argyll and Bute]]
| post_town                        = ISLE OF MULL
| postcode_district                = PA65
| postcode_area                    = PA
| dial_code                        = 01680 
}}

'''Craignure''' ({{IPAc-en|k|r|eɪ|ɡ|ˈ|nj|ʊər}}; {{langx|gd|Creag an Iubhair}}) is a village and the main ferry port on the [[Isle of Mull]], [[Argyll and Bute]], [[Scotland]]. The village is within the parish of [[Torosay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails3784.html|title=Details of Craignure|publisher=Scottish Places|accessdate=31 December 2014}}</ref>

==Geography==
The village is located around Craignure Bay, on Mull's east coast. It has a population of roughly 200 people. Close to the village are two castles: [[Torosay Castle|Torosay]] and [[Duart Castle|Duart]].

==Transport==
===Ferry===
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A regular ferry service connects Craignure with mainland Scotland via the [[Sound of Mull]]. The original [[pier]], on the south side of the bay, was built in 1894. The present pier, on the west side of the bay, was built in 1964.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Isle of Mull:Island series; Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles|first=P. A.|last=Macnab|publisher=David & Charles|year=1970|page=106}}</ref> Ferries run every two hours (3 to 5 times per day during the winter, & up to 10 times per day during the summer)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-craignure-mull-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Mid Summer Ferry Timetable|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=30 October 2017|archive-date=22 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722172711/https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-craignure-mull-ferry-summer-timetable|url-status=dead}}</ref> between Craignure and [[Oban]] (on the mainland) by [[Caledonian MacBrayne|CalMac]].
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===Road===
Craignure is situated on the [[A849 road (Great Britain)|A849]], an indirect route between [[Salen, Mull|Salen]] and [[Fionnphort]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A849|title=A849|publisher=Sabre|accessdate=31 December 2014}}</ref> The village is served by buses to Fionnphort and [[Tobermory, Mull|Tobermory]].

===Railway===
[[Craignure railway station]] was on the now closed [[narrow gauge rail transport|narrow gauge]] [[Isle of Mull Railway]].

==See also==
*[[List of places in Argyll and Bute]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/287065/details/mull+craignure/ Canmore - Mull, Craignure site record]
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/22663/details/mull+craignure/ Canmore - Mull, Craignure site record]
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/278834/details/cnoc+nan+cubairean+old+burial+ground/ Canmore - Cnoc Nan Cubairean, Old Burial Ground site record]

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