Editing Great Cumbrae (section)

==Tourism==
[[File:Isle of Cumbrae, Newton Beach looking towards Arran.jpg|alt=Millport town on the Isle of Cumbrae|thumb|upright=1.1|Millport town]]
During the summer, the population grows by several thousand every weekend. Hiring a bike and cycling around the island's {{convert|11|mi|km|adj=on|abbr=off}} encircling coastal road is a popular activity for visitors, as the roads are quiet compared to the mainland. There are informal walks all over the island. Fintry Bay, around {{convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from Millport on the west coast, has a small cafe.

Millport Bay, with visitor moorings, is a popular destination for sailors in the summer. The most dived site on the Clyde is just south of the ferry slip; a Second World War [[PBY Catalina|Catalina]] flying boat.

There is a [[curling]] pond near the highest point on the island, in January 2010 it hosted the Dumfries Cup for the first time in 14 years, and in December of the same year it was also available for public use.

Other attractions include:
*''[[Cathedral of The Isles]]'' – [[William Butterfield]], one of the great architects of the [[Gothic revival]] designed the [[cathedral]] church of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, within the [[Scottish Episcopal Church|Episcopal Church of Scotland]] ([[Anglican Communion]]). [[George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow]] acted as the founder and benefactor. Construction finished in 1849 and the cathedral opened in 1851. Formal gardens and woodland surround the cathedral, the highest building on Great Cumbrae and one of the smallest cathedrals in [[Europe]].<ref>The building is variously described as "the smallest cathedral in Europe", "the second smallest in Europe" etc. See for example [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005127/0000005594.shtml "Millport Musings"] (19 November 2005) BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2008, [http://www.westbourne-house.com/about_cumbrae.htm "About Cumbrae"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411010057/http://www.westbourne-house.com/about_cumbrae.htm |date=11 April 2008 }} Westbourne House. Retrieved 11 May 2008. Various other churches such as the cathedrals in [[Nin, Croatia|Nin]] and [[Zadar]] in [[Croatia]] lay claim to this title.</ref>
*''College of the Holy Spirit'', also known as Cumbrae Theological College – attached to the cathedral, this former seminary for ordination training is now a Retreat House and the Argyll Diocesan Conference Centre. The college was founded by [[George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow|Boyle]] in 1849 and was affiliated to the [[University of Durham]] during the 1860s.<ref name="Archive Service">{{cite web|title=MS 54 College and Collegiate Church of The Holy Spirit, Isle of Cumbrae|url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=84&dsqSearch=%28Level%3D%27Fonds%27%29|website=Archive Services Online Catalogue|publisher=University of Dundee|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> The college closed in 1888 and the building was later used for other purposes. It was the base for The Community of Celebration, or Fisherfolk, an international group of artists and musicians sharing a Benedictine lifestyle during the 1970s and the 1980s.
*''The Wedge'' – a private residence which has the smallest frontage in the UK; the width of a front door.
*''Museum of the Cumbraes'' occupies part of the Garrison, built originally for the captain of an anti-smuggling revenue cutter.
*''[[FSC Millport]]'' – has an aquarium of sea creatures from the Firth of Clyde, and a museum which tells the story of the sea and of the Clyde area, which is open daily. The [[Field Studies Council|FSC]] refurbished the existing facilities of the Marine Biological Station and created two additional blocks, one for accommodation and one for conferences.