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N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land(*).
*For information about access rights in Scotland see the ScotWays website.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
Logged Descriptions (logged by 133 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the ferry landing and by roads. | Windy Corner | 27/10/2023 |
repeat | robertphillips | 03/09/2023 |
Walked from car park with Lorna. Wonderful views on a great day. | Skerryvore | 02/09/2023 |
Walk to trig from ferry slipway. Visited nearby top in field as seemed as high or higher. | willyross | 19/04/2023 |
Self and dog | Invicta14 | 22/02/2023 |
Pouring with rain and no visibility out the car and back very quickly | Andrew Simmons | 10/01/2023 |
A short walk on a short day from ferry slip. | lordtonult | 20/12/2022 |
Day trip to Cumbrae. 
1 of 2 | thekirkie pirate | 20/11/2022 |
Short saunter from the car park with my brother .......... superb views as expected. | 3 kinnears | 28/07/2022 |
Good views to the north. For some proper walking go and climb Farland Hill, easy from Lion Rock, and much better views to the south. | Minto | 25/06/2022 |
A short walk from the car park to visit the highest point of the island whilst here. A good viewpoint on a glorious day. With Hitman9956. | meltdiceburg | 20/06/2022 |
Good view point over the Firth of Clyde, though high hills in cloud. | LizH | 22/05/2022 |
From Car Park. Great view of Arran. | colazione | 21/04/2022 |
Initially in the darkness just pre midnight after I'd parked up for the night nearby.... Then gloriously at sunrise on the morning of Friday 15th | vegibagger | 14/10/2021 |
Walk from slipway to Barbay Hill on a trig bagging trip | fergie | 10/10/2021 |
901 Bus from Greenock to Largs for 09:15 ferry (Loch Shira). Walked up from slipway following lanes and signs to Glaidstone Viewpoint. Continued along lanes to Millport for bus back to slipway and 12:15 ferry (Loch Riddon). Train back to Glasgow. 
Solo | Dave | 15/08/2021 |
day trip | robertphillips | 24/07/2021 |
Quick bag with the family on a day trip. | robertphillips | 09/09/2020 |
Brilliant weather | hillsman | 20/09/2019 |
LS/ PP. NG. HP. M? | john steel | 01/09/2019 |
Revisit on foot from ferry via Farland Hill. Back down over Horse Hill. | agentmancuso | 21/03/2019 |
A very lazy drive up and the next ferry back. | NormanW | 13/09/2018 |
Sunshine, drove to top, great views and mild, nearly warm. No cafe on a Monday. | iangalbraith | 12/03/2018 |
Easiest island top I can recall. About 20 yards from the viewpoint CP. | Crib Goch | 11/03/2018 |
With family. Muddy footpaths from the Watersports Centre and then quiet road to summit. Descent to a rather quiet and forlorn-looking Millport (excellent café at the Garrison House)and walk around the bay before bus back to ferry. Stunning views to snow capped Arran hills. | benalder284 | 17/02/2018 |
Quick trip over on the ferry then a road stroll to the summit. With Chris Peart | Colin Crawford | 16/11/2017 |
An easy walk up the road from the ferry terminal with Colin Crawford | Chris Peart | 16/11/2017 |
On bike. Later with Linda on bikes and finally on foot 7-Mar-2023 with Linda and Archie (4 m.o. CavaPoo). | grimjimm | 12/07/2017 |
3rd hill of the day after Wee Cumbrae and then Farland hill down to Forest edge then over road across to Lochs and after skirting that up through heather to outcrop near Trig. Nice to Have a rocky stone as the summit. Walked down road to Millport and had a soup and cappuccino at the Garrison's house cafe. It was nice to See artefacts from Wee Cumbrae's lighthouse. Caught bus to ferry slip and Walked onto ferry to Largs. | Dazingdale | 21/09/2016 |
Drove up after ferry crossing from Largs. Parked and climbed up to the trigpoint with Helen for the superb views all around on a sunny but blustery day. | JohRvs | 08/08/2016 |
From adjacent car park. | jimbloomer | 05/06/2016 |
Visited after Little Cumbrae trip. | jonglew | 05/06/2016 |
En route to Marhof 16, detour via Gt Cumbrae and camp over. | nordicstar | 03/06/2016 |
A good Sib. | jenx | 03/06/2016 |
With Jack after Farland Hill | chrisbien | 27/05/2016 |
With dziadzio after Farland Hill. | jackbien | 27/05/2016 |
From the ferry slip to Millport via the top. | summitsup | 02/06/2015 |
with renee and jamie from fintray bay after ditching the bikes. | robertphillips | 23/05/2015 |
walked with bert and renee. millport.. ditched the bikes | JamiePhillips27 | 23/05/2015 |
Plenty of people about for this island top - my 50th Haswell. | arranc | 03/07/2013 |
Excellent walk -1,000th HuMP - lovely day with brother Archie | Thearlaichdubh | 20/04/2013 |
Bright sunny day, island busy with charity walkers | neimcv | 26/05/2012 |
Quick stroll between ferries. | Martin R | 06/04/2012 |
Cycled around Cumbrae | Mountain Goat | 21/08/2011 |
When biking around the island with CM. | bolton | 02/07/2011 |
Parked very close to the top. Lovely views all round but there was a cold wind. | chrisbien | 27/02/2011 |
Cycled around the island and then up here for Trig and caches. | Walker Dan | 19/06/2010 |
This was my second time up here. Had also cycled up it about 12 years previously as well. | assynt_bob | 15/11/2009 |
Added it into my walk around the coastline by going up and back down the west side of the hill, just north of the golf course. | campagvelocet | 31/03/2009 |
Had a few hours in the late afternoon to make it up to the highest point of the island and then walk around the west side, getting back to the return ferry to Largs just as the stars were coming out for the night. | Alex C | 17/03/2009 |