COVID-19 Phase 1 Scottish Government Advice

Under the Scottish Government Advice, from Friday 29th May 2020, there is unrestricted outdoors exercise adhering to distancing measures.

Maintain your distance – please stay at least 2 metres away from other people and if possible try to avoid congregating at any point, there is plenty of space for everyone.

Respect the health and safety of those working on the windfarms and access road – please follow all requests and signs to avoid particular working areas.

Keep your dog under control – please put them on a lead or keep them close at heel and do not let them approach other people or livestock

Avoid contact – try to avoid touching surfaces and if possible plan a route that does not require you to open gates

Grab a PDF Site Map here.

The Walk - You are welcome to walk or cycle up the wind farm access track most days of the year. Please stay well clear of any works being carried out on site and be alert for vehicles on the tracks. The gradients are gentle at the bottom but the track does get steeper further up. There are no loops on the lower section of track - so the walk is up and down.Stronachullin Farm to Robert’s Bridge – 1 ½ miles

Stronachullin Farm to T4 and view to the west – 3 ½ miles

Stronachullin Farm to T9 and view to the south – 4 ½ mile

The mobile phone signal coverage is patchy on the lower sections of track.

Ice falling from the turbines is a risk in cold weather - Please Be Alert to this DANGER.

CYCLISTS - PLEASE TAKE IT EASY - YOU ARE A VERY LONG WAY FROM HELP IF YOU HIT THE DIRT OR WORSE !

During the spring lambing and wild bird breeding season, please keep your dogs under close control and keep your distance around livestock and wildlife. Please keep to the main track and take your litter home. Shooting takes place during Autumn and Winter, at these times and when maintenance operations at the wind farm pose a risk to the public, the track may be closed to public access and the pedestrian gate chained shut. In the interests of safety, please respect this request not to use the track - we try to keep site closure to an absolute minimum.

Windy Bus Tour - We run a free monthly bus trip from Ardrishaig or Tarbert up to the site on designated Saturday mornings during the summer months. This allows people to get access to the turbine site and enjoy the views (hopefully - weather permitting) without needing to hike all the way to the top. The 2013, 2014, 205, 2016, 2017 and 2018 bus trips brought over 700 visitors to the wind farm in a range of weather conditions (some days it was sunny!). We are taking a break in 2019. Further Bus Tours details will be advised.

Special visits - If you would like to arrange a special visit for educational or community purposes, please get in touch and we will help out if we can.

Getting There - The main site entrance to Allt Dearg and Sròndoire is at Stronachullin Farm, which is marked with a large black roadside sign with a stag and some turbines, and is about 4 miles drive south of Ardrishaig on the A83 heading to Tarbert. Post Code for you satellite navigation is PA30 8ET (this is not exact but is close enough). Driving time from the Erskine Bridge / Glasgow west is around 2 hours.

The Views - The views from the summit on a clear day are spectacular – you can see Islay, Jura, Mull, Morvern, Lochaber, Loch Fyne, Bute and down to Ayrshire