Oib Gate
About Oib Gate
This small car park gives access to cycle routes taking you to the beautiful Faery Isles beside Loch Sween.
How to get there:
Oib Gate is in Knapdale Forest. Cairnbaan and Tayvallich are the nearest towns or villages.
From Lochgilphead, follow A816 north for two and a half miles, then turn left onto B841 for Cairnbaan and Crinan. At Bellanoch turn left onto the B8025 for Tayvallich. Oib Gate is just over one mile along this road.
From Oban, follow the A816 south to one mile beyond Kilmartin then turn right onto the B8025 tasking you to Bellanoch. Turn right at the Canal bridge at Bellanoch, then next left onto road for Tayvallich for just over one mile.
OS Grid Reference: NR783906
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com
Other places to go in Knapdale Forest

Facilities:
Activities
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Faery Isles Cycle Trail |
Contact:
Joanne Thomson01631 566155
e-mail: joanne.thomson@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
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