Millport, Great Cumbrae

Millport
Scottish Gaelic: *Port a' Mhuilinn*
Millport Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhuilinn;
	Millport town with Little Cumbrae in the background
	Millport Location within North Ayrshire
Population	1,170 (mid-2020 est.)
OS grid reference	NS162549
Council area	North Ayrshire;
Lieutenancy area	Ayrshire and Arran;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MILLPORT
Postcode district	KA28
Dialling code	01475
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	North Ayrshire and Arran;
Scottish Parliament	Cunninghame North;

Millport (Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhuilinn) is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of mainland Scotland, in the council area of North Ayrshire. The town is 4 miles (6 km) south of the ferry terminal that links the island to the Scottish mainland.

Due to its small size, the island and its town are often linked in the minds of visitors and residents and Cumbrae is often referred to as Millport. The island offers views across to the Isle of Arran as well as of its smaller neighbour which lies barely a kilometre away, called Little Cumbrae. The Cumbraes are referred to as the Kumreyiar in the medieval Norse Saga of Haakon Haakonarson.

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