Portavadie

Portavadie

Portavadie (Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhadaidh) is a village, on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands.

The Portavadie complex was built by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea. However, the intention was soon overtaken by acceptance that steel platforms were the future for the oil industry in Scotland. Despite suggestions to turn the complex into a holiday village, it lay redundant until in the mid 1980s the enclosed port was used by a local fish farm company.

The Bulloch family, knew the area well and sought to rectify this wasted opportunity.

In late 2009 the marina was used for the first time to tie up boat for the Scottish series.

The new Portavadie Marina complex opened to the public in 2010. The first phase of the complex consisted of five-star luxury apartments with private sauna facilities and four-star cottages, alongside a restaurant, conference suites and store.

The second phase arrived shortly after, The Lodge, comprising of hotel style accommodation, fully accessible studio apartments, staff accommodation and a second "family style" restaurant.

The third phase was officially launched in August 2016, with a luxury spa and leisure complex being added to the amenities.

In one of the Argyll forests near Portavadie there is a number of tree house and dens build by a tribe called GET BAC.

A further report in the Dunoon Observer, says that the derelict "village", known as Pollphail, was sold to a forestry company who plan to demolish the buildings and build new houses. It remains in situ currently.