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The 100 Stitched Stories Centenary Celebration
Whiting Bay Hall marks it's 100th year! It’s not long until July 11th when the Whiting Bay Memories Group exhibition will open for three days to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of…
Arran Heritage Museum’s 50th Year
The Arran Heritage Museum is marking it's 50th year in 2026. And to celebrate they are holding an exhibition, along with the special events that they run throughout the year. Read on…
Spring Arran Pioneer Project news
Hi everybody, It's been over six months since our last newsletter, and though we are no longer doing quarterly updates, we are still here plugging away. The Pioneer Project has moved through…
Update on the Glen Rosa tree planting
The NTS Rangers shared some great news recently, as the tree planting season was coming to an end. Over the winter, and since the wildfire last spring, groups of volunteers, including children…
Notes from The Arran Naturalist
From Issue 5 of The Arran Naturalist, Journal of The Arran Natural History Society, published in Spring 1981. With permission to reprint by ANHS.
Arran Open Studios 2026
Arran Open Studios and preview exhibition are once again taking place this summer. The key dates for your diary are: Preview Exhibition, Brodick Hall, Friday 10th – Monday 13th July 2026 The…
Chicks now hatching on Brodick beach
It’s bird nesting season and the Arran Natural History Society has been reporting over the last few weeks on the ringed plovers and oyster catchers nesting on Brodick beach. Members set up…
Spring photos
Photos sent in by Jim Henderson and John Campbell
Photos from January and February
Images sent in by John Campbell and Jim Henderson, with many thanks. The pictures of geological formations around Arran are from Jim Henderson’s newly published book, Arran Through Time (- more to…
Photos from August
Photos sent in by Jim Henderson (top six - images from the garden, and COAST's 30th birthday celebrations), and by John Campbell (images from the garden, and of Goat Fell with the…
Arran – A Sense of Place
Printed below is the recently published - A Sense of Place - from the Arran Civic Trust. It sets out their view on how the development of the island should go forward,…
Lamlash Cruises celebrates end of season
Lamlash Cruises, our local marine adventure company, celebrate the end of another wonderful season and wish to thank all who joined them on Day Excursions to Holy Isle or on one of…