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.

Bathing hut at Kilnaughton beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a stream running over a beach with the ruins of an old bathing hut behind
Bathing hut at Kilnaughton beach, Isle of Islay

A view from the north eastern end of Kilnaughton beach, where Cornabus burn runs into the bay. Behind it on the left what to my knowledge is an old bathing hut (as of writing this not sure where it got, but I believe there are plans to restore it to its former glory). Port Ellen in the distance on the right.