Local
Cumbrae businesses, services, and the trades directory for residents.
🏪 Local businesses directory
Every Cumbrae café, pub, shop, hotel, campsite and service we know about. Grouped by what they do.
🎉 What's on
Upcoming events on Cumbrae — festivals, concerts, community, markets.
⛵ Clubs & activities
Sailing, golf, sea angling, bowling, garden club, drama, history society — every Cumbrae club and group, the hidden ones included.
🛠️ Trades directory — coming next
Plumbers, electricians, gardeners, taxis, childcare, dog walkers. Only businesses within 10 miles of Millport. Submission portal coming with the Phase 2 release.
Run a Cumbrae-based trade? Tell us and we'll list you when the directory opens.
🏛️ Garrison House — community hub
Stuart Street, Millport. The 1819 Garrison House is Cumbrae's civic centre — home to the library, museum, town hall function, council services, café and community events.
- 📚 Cumbrae Library — public library, free Wi-Fi, computers, printing, children's section. Part of North Ayrshire Libraries.
- 🏛️ Cumbrae Town Hall function — community meetings, council surgeries, hall hire
- 🖼️ Museum of the Cumbraes — local history exhibits, free entry
- ☕ Courtyard Café — community café inside the building
- 📞 North Ayrshire Council enquiries point — local council services
🤝 Community bodies
- Cumbrae Community Council — the statutory community body. Monthly public meetings at Garrison House. The route for residents to raise concerns about planning, roads, services.
- Isle of Cumbrae Tourist Association (IOCTA) — community trust behind millport.org. Run by volunteers, focused on the visitor economy. millport.org
- Cumbrae Community Development Company — community ownership and development projects
- Friends of the Cathedral of the Isles — volunteers supporting Britain's smallest cathedral
🎓 Schools & places of worship
- Cumbrae Primary School — the island's only school. Secondary-age pupils ferry across daily to Largs Academy. cumbraeprimary.glowscotland.org.uk
- Cumbrae Parish Church — Church of Scotland, Kames Bay Road
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour — Roman Catholic, Kames Bay Road
- Cathedral of the Isles — Scottish Episcopal, College Street. Britain's smallest cathedral. Open daily, free entry. argyll.anglican.org
🏛 Key public services & emergency
- North Ayrshire Council: north-ayrshire.gov.uk · 01294 310000
- Council services on Cumbrae: bins · roads · planning · housing benefit · council tax — all enquiries via NAC main number above or in-person at Garrison House
- Lady Margaret Hospital: small community hospital on Cumbrae, run by NHS Ayrshire & Arran
- NHS 24 (non-emergency): dial 111
- Emergency services: dial 999 · police non-urgent: 101
- HM Coastguard: 999 ask for coastguard
- Cumbrae Post Office: Glasgow Street, Millport
- Public toilets: seafront (free) · Fintry Bay (seasonal) · Cumbrae Slip (ferry landing)
- Largs & Millport Weekly News: largsandmillportnews.com
- CalMac ferries: calmac.co.uk
- Traveline Scotland (bus): travelinescotland.com
💬 Cumbrae community on Facebook
The heart of the Cumbrae community online. Join the conversation, ask questions, and stay connected — directly on Facebook.