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🌿 𝗗𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗶𝗲: 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 🌿
If you've passed Dal an Duie recently, you'll have seen the significant progress being made on the new community car park. With the permeable surfacing now largely installed and final works underway, we're getting closer to opening a valuable new community asset for residents and visitors alike.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.
Planning permission has now been secured and works have started for the next phase, allowing the wider Dal an Duie vision to continue moving forward. Over time, the area will evolve into a richer community space, with new woodland planting, accessible paths, habitat creation, event space, seating areas, riverside access improvements, and a direct connection into the Community Woodlands.
The planned path network, started this work by contractors Gordon Baillie Contracting Ltd will link the car park, field and woodlands together, creating a more welcoming and practical way to access the wider Dal an Duie landscape. The aim is not simply to create infrastructure, but to provide a space where people can walk, explore, relax, learn and connect with nature.
The project has always been about more than a car park. It is about improving access to the area's natural assets while creating opportunities for community use, biodiversity enhancement and future activities for residents and visitors alike.
It's encouraging to see the long-term vision beginning to emerge on the ground, and we look forward to sharing further updates as the project continues to develop.
🌿 Dal an Duie Begins to Take Shape
Work at Dal an Duie is continuing to move forward at a great pace, with contractor @Gordon Baillie Contracting Ltd now progressing the project into the next key construction stages.
Over the past couple of weeks, the site has been transformed from an open field into a clearly defined and functioning construction site, with excavation, drainage infrastructure, kerbing, and base preparation all now well underway. In recent days, installation of the permeable Bodpave surfacing system has also begun in parts of the site - a major milestone in the build.
We also want to highlight the beautiful new dry stone walling now taking shape at the entrance. This work is being carried out by local residents, whose craftsmanship is already adding real character to the space. We’re incredibly fortunate to have local skill and care helping shape such an important community project.
🚗 Traffic Management Reminder
Temporary traffic management remains in place on the Barr Glen road between Killegruer Farm and Glenbarr Abbey while works continue. The road remains fully passable under a Give and Take arrangement, but we ask all road users to continue taking care in the area.
A huge thank you again to the community, and anyone else impacted, for your patience and support while these works progress.
🚧 Breaking Ground at Dal an Duie 🚧
Work is now officially underway at Dal an Duie, Glenbarr, with Gordon Baillie Contracting Ltd on site from today to begin the initial phase of the project. Early focus will be on setting up the site and forming the new entrance, laying the foundations for the car park works to follow.
There is already in place temporary traffic management in place on the Barr Glen road between Killegruer Farm and Glenbarr Abbey. The road remains fully passable, operating under a give and take system, but we ask all road users to take extra care when travelling through this section.
GCDA are excited to see many years of consultation, planning and project development turn to something tangible on Dal an Duie and we look forward to sharing progress as works continue. Thank you for your patience and cooperation while the team gets established on site.
Come along and support our great wee school at their Rural School Open Day on Saturday 2nd May.
There’s a full day of fun activities planned, with plenty to enjoy while discovering what makes learning at Glenbarr Primary School so special.
Free admission for all - everyone welcome.
On Saturday 14th March, a small Glenbarr group continued our Community Hub learning exchange with visits to Dunaverty Village Hall, Gigha Hotel (IGHT) and Gigha Village Hall.
These were brilliant visits closer to home - not just to have a look round, but to hear straight from the people involved about what makes these places work (and what can be harder than it looks). We talked through how they’re run, how they balance community use with keeping the doors open, and the kinds of practical decisions that make day-to-day life easier.
What we’ve picked up will help shape the next stage of work on Glenbarr’s Community Hub as we move further into development through 2026.
Huge thanks to our hosts for the welcome, openness and time: Dunaverty Hall, Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust and Isle of Gigha Village Hall.
Our Community Hub learning exchange visits continued last Saturday with visits to Craignish Village Hall (Adfern) and Ardrishaig Public Hall.
These trips are about learning from places that are already doing it well - how they’ve developed, how they operate day to day, what’s been worth investing in, and what they’d do differently. The detail we pick up on these visits will help shape the early scoping and planning work for Glenbarr’s Community Hub as the project moves into development through 2026.
A huge thank you to our hosts for the warm welcome, openness and time: Craignish Village Hall, Ardfern and @Ardrishaig Public Hall, @Ardrishaig Community Trust as well as those from Glenbarr's community who also gave their time.