By Public Transport
Take a direct train from Glasgow Central train station to Gourock (c.40mins, £8.10- buy ticket on the day). From Gourock train station walk for a few minutes to the passenger ferry dock for crossings to Dunoon (25 mins, £4.50 buy ticket on the ferry). It is generally cheaper to buy your main ticket to Glasgow separately from the Glasgow-Gourock portion).
Direct trains to Glasgow from London Euston take c.4.30hrs. The Caledonian Sleeper provides another option for travelling over night from London to Glasgow.
Click Here for ferry timetable (check whether winter/summer) from Gourock to Dunoon.
Bus from Dunoon – Millhouse via 478 Westcoast Motors. Click Here for bus timetable (they do not run on Sundays). From Millhouse crossroads you walk c.1/2km south down the country lane, over the humpback bridge and then turn right up the first farm track on your left for about 300m (leaving the farm gate closed, please). We can also arrange to pick you up if you have lots of luggage!
Taxi: Dunoon- Millhouse, book with Thistle Taxis 01369 701000, Clyde Taxis on 01369 706444 or Cowal Cabs 01369 705 999.
Alternatively, you can catch the 926 bus from Glasgow- Campbeltown from Buchanan Street and stop at Tarbert bus terminal (not Tarbet!). Then walk to the ferry slip, catching the ferry to Portavadie which is a 3 mile walk or cycle to the farm. The 478 goes from Portavadie ferry to Millhouse as well. (Remember to check you have the correct winter/summer ferry timetable).
By Bike
If you are a competent cyclist, a ride from Dunoon to Auchgoyle Farm takes about 2 hrs 30 mins along a fast road. It’s widely used by road and touring cyclists with fantastic loch/hill scenery and some decent climbs! There’s plenty of barn space to store your bike.
By Car
You can take the Western car ferry from Gourock to Sandbank Dunoon. Click Here . If you would prefer to buy tickets on the day, it’s cheaper to buy them from the Gourock Co-op before you travel, than on the ferry. The Co-op is located here.
Or you can drive to the peninsula via Rest-and-Be-Thankful- A886 and then A8003 via Tighnabruaich and Kames. (Be sure not to take the B8000 which is sign posted to Tighnabruaich after Strachur. It’s a beautiful coastal lane, but is very slow, with very few passing areas!)
Arriving from Kames and Tighnabruaich into the hamlet of Millhouse, carry on to to the crossroads and turn left. You will be heading south towards Ardlamont on a small country lane. Continue over a small humpback bridge. We are the first farm track on your left. There are large wooden deer gates. Please leave them closed behind you. There’s plenty of parking at the farm. The track is about 300m and is bumpy.
We apologise that Poppy, the farm dog, likes nothing more than barking at all arrivals. She is very gentle, but may jump up, so please push her down.
Auchgoyle Farm, Millhouse, Tighnabruaich, Argyll & Bute, PA21 2BS
Grid Reference: NR962701
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