Port Ellen maltings and distillery warehouses from Kilnaughton beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a modern malting with some old whisky distillery warehouse on a coast
Port Ellen maltings and distillery warehouses from Kilnaughton beach, Isle of Islay

During a November 2025 walk out on Kilnaughton beach, looking across the bay to the Port Ellen maltings and the old Port Ellen distillery warehouses. If you look closely, hidden behind the trees you can just make out the new/rebuilt Port Ellen distillery.

Port Ellen seen from Kilnaughton beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a coastal village with a ferry port, seen from a beach
Port Ellen seen from Kilnaughton beach, Isle of Islay

Out on Kilnaughton beach for a lunchtime walk in late November 2025. The centre of Port Ellen with the ferry pier and small boats port nicely visible across the bay. If you look closely you can just spot the tops of the hills on Arran in the far distance.

Colourful clouds over Port Askaig seen from a ferry in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a tiny coastal village with a ferry terminal seen from the water under some colourful clouds
Colourful clouds over Port Askaig seen from a ferry in the Sound of Islay

A view from a departing ferry on a November afternoon in the Sound of Islay, looking over Port Askaig under some dramatic and colourful clouds