There are some good views from high and as you get closer. We stayed at the Jura Hotel (in the town of Craighouse). En route to the Corryvreckan (Jura), Barnhill has to be passed on the single track private road. The name of the island comes from a Norse word meaning ‘island of deer’ and even today the isle is home to a large population of red deer. George Orwell wrote 1984 while on the north end of the island, at Barnhill. If you’d prefer to stay in a hotel – and I admit that’s more my kind of thing – then take a look at the Jura Hotel. In fact, the novel that is probably most well-known, 1984, was written in this remote but beautiful place.
Today the cottage remains much as it was in those days and despite its remote location, it’s seen as a place of pilgrimage for Orwell aficionados. Yes, the author lived here in a remote cottage called Barnhill from just after the war and his wife’s death until 1949 until his own illness forced him to leave five years later. It’s so remote that George Orwell describes it as ‘almost un-get-at-able’. The island is small – only 142 square miles – and at the last census, there were only about two hundred inhabitants.
The first section follows a rough track to Barnhill - where George Orwell wrote 1984 - before continuing to the old Kinuachdrachd harbour and then becomes very rough and boggy for the final stretch to the Carraig Mhr at the. It’s the sort of place that you have to plan to visit – spontaneity isn’t recommended here due to the remoteness of the island. This long walk leads out to the northernmost point of Jura - overlooking the wild Gulf of Corryvreckan with its often raging currents - site of the famous whirlpool. It’s only about a hundred miles away from the fabulous city of Glasgow but yet the Isle of Jura is almost like going back in time. Isle of Jura Tourism Isle of Jura Hotels Bed and Breakfast Isle of Jura Isle of Jura Holiday Rentals Isle of Jura Restaurants Isle of Jura Attractions Isle of Jura Shopping Isle of Jura Travel Forum.
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