Cladach
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- Kilbride
Cladach
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 The Wineport | |
  Cladach Location within North Ayrshire | |
| OS grid reference | NS012376 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF ARRAN |
| Postcode district | KA27 |
| Dialling code | 01770 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Note: Cladach is a general Scottish Gaelic word for "beach" or "shore" and occurs in many Scottish placenames
Cladach (Scottish Gaelic: An Cladach) is a tiny settlement on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Kilbride.[1] In the vicinity of the island's main village, Brodick, Cladach is the site of the Cladach Sawmill and in more recent times, the Arran Brewery. The company, Arran Aromatics is located nearby, as is Brodick Castle.
Cladach was in the past a much larger settlement, and was in fact the site of the original village on Brodick Bay, with modern Brodick being built on the south side of the Bay later.[2] There were in the past a series of houses on the Coast Road in Cladach, but they were demolished many years ago.
There were also a series of houses that were let to employees of the sawmill by the sawmill owners. However, in recent years Cladach has essentially been depopulated and the buildings that used to house residents either demolished or converted into small businesses.
Geography
Cladach sits on the eastern coast of the Isle of Arran, off the Coast Road across the Brodick Bay from Brodick.
