Strachur Bay
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| Strachur Bay | |
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 Looking down the slopes of Meall Reamhar towards Strachur Bay | |
  Strachur Bay | |
| Location | Strachur |
| Coordinates | 56°10′03″N 5°05′05″W / 56.1674°N 5.08479452°W |
| Type | sea loch bay |
| River sources | Eas Dubh |
| Settlements | Dunkeld |
Strachur Bay is a coastal embayment, on a 114° orientation, on the eastern coast of the longest sea loch in Scotland, Loch Fyne located in Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland.[1][2] Strachur Bay provides good anchorage, for small vessels, when the wind is from the northeast and southeast.[3]
The village and parish of Strachur is located at the head of the bay. The bay is on the main tourist route of the Cowal peninsula, with the hamlet of St Catherines immediately north along the coast A815 road of Loch Fyne. The A886 road, which is a tourist route, starts from Strachur from the A815, and continues to Colintraive, where it splits and continues from Rubodach on the Isle of Bute and continues to Port Bannatyne. The A815 road continues past the village of Strachur, passes Glenbranter, and becomes the coast road of Loch Eck, travelling south, passes Holy Loch, passing Dunoon and terminating at Toward Point to the south of Dunoon.
Strachur House, overlooks the north end of the bay. In September 1848, the dying genius Frédéric Chopin once spent a week at the invitation of Lord and Lady Muray at the house.[4] Lady Murray had been his first London pupil.[5]
