Must-see attractions in North & West Coast

  • Northwest Highlands Geopark

    North & West Coast

    As you head south from Durness, heather gradually gives way to a rockier landscape of Lewisian gneiss pockmarked with hundreds of small lochans. This is…

  • Sandwood Bay

    North & West Coast

    South of Cape Wrath, Sandwood Bay boasts one of Scotland’s best and most isolated beaches, guarded at one end by the spectacular rock pinnacle Am…

  • Eilean Donan Castle

    North & West Coast

    Photogenically sited at the entrance to Loch Duich, Eilean Donan is one of Scotland’s most evocative castles and must now be represented in millions of…

  • Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre

    North & West Coast

    On the platform at Forsinard railway station is the RSPB's Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre, an exhibition dedicated to the neighbouring nature reserve…

  • Kyle Line Museum

    North & West Coast

    Enterprising local volunteers have put together this likeable museum at the end of Kyle's railway station platform, with train memorabilia, a model…

  • Strathnaver Museum

    North & West Coast

    Housed in an old church, this museum tells the sad story of the Strathnaver Clearances through posters created by local kids. The museum contains…

  • Handa Island Nature Reserve

    North & West Coast

    A few miles north of Scourie Bay lies this nature reserve run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The island's western sea cliffs provide nesting sites for…

  • Eas a’Chual Aluinn

    North & West Coast

    Five miles southeast of Kylesku, in wild, remote country, lies 213m-high Eas a’Chual Aluinn, Britain’s highest waterfall. You can hike to the top of the…

  • Smoo Cave

    North & West Coast

    A mile east of the centre of Durness is a path down to Smoo Cave. From the vast main chamber, you can head through to a smaller flooded cavern where a…

  • Ullapool Museum

    Ullapool

    Housed in a converted Telford church, this museum relates the prehistoric, natural and social history of the town and Lochbroom area, with a particular…

  • An Talla Solais

    Ullapool

    This community-run gallery stages changing exhibitions of works by Highland artists, from paintings and photography to ceramics and textiles. Opening…

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