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Arran Coastal Way
Lochranza Castle
Length	107 km (66 mi)
Location	Arran, Scotland
Established	2003
Designation	Scotland's Great Trails
Trailheads	Circular, typically started and finished in Brodick. 55°34′34″N 5°09′04″W / 55.576°N 5.151°W / 55.576; -5.151
Use	Hiking
Elevation gain/loss	390 metres (1,280 ft) gain
Lowest point	Sea level
Website	http://www.coastalway.co.uk/

The Arran Coastal Way is a 107 kilometre long-distance trail that goes around the coastline of Arran in Scotland. As the route is circular, following the coastline of the island, it can be started and finished at any location, however in recognition of the fact that most visitors to the island arrive and depart via the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry a start/finish monument is located on the seafront near Brodick ferry terminal. The route is fully waymarked, using marker posts featuring a gannet.

The idea of the Arran Coastal Way was conceived by Hugh McKerrell and Richard Sim in the 1990s, which was formally opened by Cameron McNeish on 28 March 2003. The route is maintained by the Arran Access Trust, and was designated as one of Scotland's Great Trails by NatureScot in June 2017.

References

^ "Scotland's Great Trails". NatureScot & Rucksack Readers. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
"The Route". Arran Coastal Way. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
"Start finish monument". Arran Coastal Way. October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
Arran Island Guide 2018-19. Page 24. Published by VisitArran.
"About us". Arran Coastal Way. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
"Arran Coastal Way recognised as one of 'Scotland's Great Trails'". Arran Coastal Way. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

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v t e Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
National Trails (England and Wales)	Cleveland Way Coast to Coast Walk Cotswold Way Glyndŵr's Way Hadrian's Wall Path King Charles III England Coast Path North Downs Way Offa's Dyke Path Peddars Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path Pennine Bridleway Pennine Way The Ridgeway South Downs Way South West Coast Path Thames Path Yorkshire Wolds Way
Other trails (England and Wales)	Capital Ring Esk Valley Walk Lea Valley Walk London Outer Orbital Path Norfolk Coast Path Peak District Boundary Walk Pennine Journey Shakespeare's Way Vanguard Way Wales Coast Path Yorkshire Water Way
Scotland's Great Trails	Annandale Way Arran Coastal Way Ayrshire Coastal Path Berwickshire Coastal Path Borders Abbeys Way Cateran Trail Clyde Walkway Cross Borders Drove Road Dava Way Fife Coastal Path Formartine and Buchan Way Forth-Clyde/Union Canal Towpath Great Glen Canoe Trail Great Glen Way Great Trossachs Path John Muir Way Kintyre Way Loch Lomond and Cowal Way Moray Coast Trail Mull of Galloway Trail River Ayr Way Rob Roy Way Romans and Reivers Route St Cuthbert's Way Southern Upland Way Speyside Way Three Lochs Way West Highland Way West Island Way
Long-distance path (Northern Ireland)	Ulster Way

v t e Coastal paths of Great Britain
England	King Charles III England Coast Path Bournemouth Coast Path Cleveland Way Cumbria Coastal Way Isle of Wight Coastal Path Lancashire Coastal Way Norfolk Coast Path Northumberland Coast Path Saxon Shore Way Solent Way South West Coast Path Suffolk Coast Path West Somerset Coast Path
Scotland	Scottish Coastal Way Arran Coastal Way Ayrshire Coastal Path Berwickshire Coastal Path Fife Coastal Path John Muir Way John o' Groats Trail Moray Coast Trail West Island Way
Wales	Wales Coast Path Anglesey Coastal Path Ceredigion Coast Path Llŷn Coastal Path Millennium Coastal Path North Wales Path North Wales Pilgrims Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path

55°34′22″N 5°14′45″W / 55.5728°N 5.2458°W / 55.5728; -5.2458

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