BAIRDSTRAVEL WITH DOT YVONNE ON ARRAN
The Isle of Arran (Scots Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, with an area of 430 km² (167 square miles). It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire. In the 2001 census it had a resident population of 5,058.
Arran is the seventh largest Scottish island and the ninth largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland).
Arran is commonly associated with the Hebrides, with which it shares many cultural and physical similarities, but actually,
the Hebrides start off the west coast of Kintyre.
Arran has a number of villages that are mainly dotted around the shoreline. The 'capital' is Brodick(site of the ferry terminal, most hotels and the majority of shops), although Lamlash is actually the largest village on the island. (In 2001 the former's population was 621 and Lamlash's was 1,010For details of the 15 others (from Kildonan in the south to Lochranza in the north) refer to the category above.