The tiny UK island where cars are banned and residents transport everything in wheelbarrow

The land became celebrated for its slate quarries and retains relics of its concern past. (Image: Getty)

A beauteous and distant Scottish land has stunning scenery, quaint cottages - and a full prohibition connected cars.

Easdale, disconnected Scotland's westbound coast, is 1 of the Slate Islands successful Argyll and Bute and with lone immoderate 60 residents is 1 of the country's smallest inhabited islands.

The land made its sanction during the 18th period astatine the bosom of Scotland's past rising slate industry, and inactive retains intriguiging relics of its concern past.

Here you'll find accepted dwellings, a pub, aged slate quarries and a museum, acceptable against the backdrop of the awe-inspiring Isle of Mull and The Garvellachs.

But portion these sorts of colony scenes aren't unsocial to the island, 1 portion of regular beingness volition basal retired immediately.

The country is known for its stunning earthy beauty. (Image: Getty)

The deficiency of cars connected the land means that locals person recovered an ingenious mode to transport supplies to their homes and businesses aft arriving backmost by ferry - brightly coloured wheelbarrows.

It besides means the tiny assemblage is blissfully escaped of the traffic, sound and contamination suffered by larger islands, towns and cities.

One caller visitant was amazed to find that the land doesn't person a market store, making it indispensable to marque trips to larger communities by boat.

What were erstwhile progressive slate quarries are present serene inactive pools, different standout diagnostic successful Easdale, arsenic is its wealthiness of vertebrate life.

It's besides a large getaway for refreshing walks with a connected web of paths done the island, which tin beryllium explored successful nether an hour, arsenic per The Sun.

Wheelbarrows person go an important portion of regular unrecorded connected the island. (Image: Getty)

Cottages successful the Easdale colony centre. (Image: Getty)

More experienced hikers tin besides ascent a 38m precocious elevation wherever you tin find unthinkable views of Firth of Lorn, the waters disconnected the seashore of Lorn, oregon Lorne successful Argyllshire.

But the land is by nary means quiescent each year, welcoming hundreds of contestants for its yearly chromatic skimming contention which takes spot successful the autumn.

As determination is nary conveyance entree to the island, you person to get a ferry from the land of Seil (some 3 hours thrust from Glasgow) which is connected to the mainland by Clachan Bridge.

The travel successful the tiny vas takes little than 5 minutes, transporting you to a picturesque colony dissimilar immoderate other.