Cramond Island
Eilean Chair Amain
56°00′N 3°17′W
Cramond Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Chair Amain) is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore at Cramond. 70 ha). The island is part of the Dalmeny Estate, owned by the Rosebery Estates Partnership.
Terrain
56°00′N 3°17′W
Overview
Cramond Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Chair Amain) is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore at Cramond. It is 1⁄3 mile (0.54 km) long and covers 19.03 acres (7.70 ha). The island is part of the Dalmeny Estate, owned by the Rosebery Estates Partnership.
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Nearest islands
- Isle of Mull167 km
- Islay181 km
- Great Britain206 km
- Isle of Skye237 km
- Anglesey309 km
- Lewis and Harris312 km
Also in British Isles

Great Britain
218,685 km²▲ 1,345 m
Major islands

Ireland
83,553 km²▲ 1,039 m
Major islands

Lewis and Harris
2,149 km²▲ 799 m
Minor islands

Isle of Skye
1,636 km²▲ 992 m
Minor islands
Mainland
953 km²▲ 450 m
Minor islands

Isle of Mull
885 km²▲ 966 m
Minor islands

Anglesey
680 km²▲ 178 m
Minor islands

Islay
618 km²▲ 491 m
Minor islands
Photographs

Cramond : Coastal Scenery

Cramond : Cramond Foreshore

Cramond : Cramond Island

Cramond : Cramond Island

Cramond beach, during tide-in.

Cramond beach, during tide-in.

Cramond Island

Cramond Island and Causeway, viewed from Cramond at low tide, May 2026

The beach at the south side of Cramond Island at low tide

Bunkers from the Second World War on Cramond Island, sprayed with graffiti

World War II bunkers on Cramond Island
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Cramond Island and causeway from air. Mtcv / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cramond , Coastal Scenery - geograph.org.uk - 6656700. Lewis Clarke / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cramond , Cramond Foreshore - geograph.org.uk - 6656687. Lewis Clarke / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cramond , Cramond Island - geograph.org.uk - 6656706. Lewis Clarke / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cramond , Cramond Island - geograph.org.uk - 6656707. Lewis Clarke / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cramond Beach 2025 02. Horep / CC0
- Cramond Beach 2025 08. Horep / CC0
- Cramond Island - geograph.org.uk - 8061608. Alexander Kirwin / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cramond Island and Causeway, viewed from Cramond at low tide, May 2026. Unforgiven75 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cramond Island at low tide. Northerner / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cramond Island bunkers and graffiti. Northerner / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cramond Island bunkers. Northerner / CC BY-SA 4.0