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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place
| gaelic_name                      = Ceann na Creige
| official_name                    = Kennacraig
| static_image_name                = Approaching Kennacraig.jpg
| static_image_caption             = The [[Caledonian MacBrayne]] ferry {{MV|Hebridean Isles}} arriving at Kennacraig.
| static_image_width               = 200px
| population                       =
| population_ref                   = 
| unitary_scotland                 = Argyll and Bute
| lieutenancy_scotland             = Argyll and Bute
| constituency_westminster         = Argyll and Bute
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Argyll and Bute
| country                          = Scotland
| sovereign_state                  = 
| coordinates                      = {{coord|55.803296|-5.4736237|region:GB_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference                = NR 82400 62130
| map_type                         = 
| post_town                        = TARBERT
| postcode_area                    = PA
| postcode_district                = PA29
| dial_code                        = 01880
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| hide_services                    = yes 
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'''Kennacraig''' ({{Langx|gd|Ceann na Creige}}) is a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] situated on [[West Loch Tarbert, Argyll|West Loch Tarbert]], a {{Convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} southwest of [[Tarbert, Kintyre|Tarbert]] on the [[Kintyre]] peninsula, [[Argyll and Bute]], in the west of Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst3879.html|title=Kennacraig|publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]|accessdate=1 January 2021}}</ref>

==Ferry terminal==

[[File:Kennacraig to Islay ferry - geograph.org.uk - 127769.jpg|thumb|left|Kennacraig to Islay ferry]]
[[Caledonian MacBrayne]] ferries sail from the terminal, on the rocky islet [[Eilean Ceann na Creige]], to [[Port Ellen]] or [[Port Askaig]] on [[Islay]], and also to [[Colonsay]] during the summer season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/crossing_ki.asp |title=Kennacraig – Port Ellen / Port Askaig Crossing |publisher=Shipsofcalmac.co.uk |accessdate=2015-06-05 |archive-date=9 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109183528/http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/crossing_ki.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Western Ferries#Islay service|Western Ferries]] started a car ferry to Islay from 7 April 1968<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.islayinfo.com/islay_ferry_history.html |title=Islay Ferry – Past and Present |publisher=Islayinfo.com |date=1968-04-07 |accessdate=2015-06-05 |archive-date=8 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808172211/http://www.islayinfo.com/islay_ferry_history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and CalMac took over in 1978, having previously used [[West Loch Tarbert, Argyll#Ferry services|West Loch Tarbert]].
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{{rail line one to two|previous=|next1=[[Port Ellen]]|next2=[[Port Askaig]]|route=[[Caledonian MacBrayne]]<br><small>[[Islay]] Ferry</small> |col={{CalMac color}} }}
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==References==
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==External links==

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* [https://www.calmac.co.uk/article/1934/Kennacraig/ Port Information, Calmac - website]
* [http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/terminals_database.asp?terminals=38 Ships of Calmac description and photos.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018192647/http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/terminals_database.asp?terminals=38 |date=18 October 2014 }}

{{Commons category|Kennacraig}}
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[[Category:Villages in Kintyre]]


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