Accommodation details:
Open-plan kitchen/sitting room with breakfast bar, 1 twin and 1 double bedroom, bathroom with bath and separate shower cubicle. Services : electric central heating.
Additional information:
Parking is available beside the accommodation. Public transport accessible.
If you are interested in a larger group/family booking, additional accommodation is available at Halliman Skerry. This neighbouring property can accommodate 4/6 guests.
About the property:
The Covesea Skerries form a group of small islands and rocks that lie off the Moray coast, 3 miles west of Lossiemouth and 1 mile west of Covesea.
Following the loss of 16 ships during a storm in the Moray Firth in November 1826, many applications were made for lighthouses to be established at Tarbat Ness (near Portmahomack on the Dornoch Firth) and Covesea Skerries to mark the wide entrance to the Firth and its confusing series of inlets. Following a lengthy approval was finally received for the building of the lighthouse on Craighead and a beacon on the dangerous Halliman's Scars. Robert Stevenson's son, Alan, designed the new Covesea Skerries lighthouse and beacon. The iron beacon was completed in 1845 and the new lighthouse followed in 1846. Egyptian influences can be seen in the entrance to the tower, the chimneys of the cottages and the arches at the top of the lighthouse tower beneath the balcony.
Like most lighthouses, Covesea Lighthouseis now automatic. However, it once worked by a clockwork mechanism that turned the lenses. A local recounts how the keepers would climb to the top and raise the weights. Covesea is located just opposite the Halliman Skerries. The Skerries are a reef of rocks that are covered at high tide.
About the area:
The coastal town of Lossiemouth is just over a mile away and can be reached by walking along the lovely beach. It offers the visitor a range of facilities including sea angling, two 18-hole golf courses, stunning unspoilt beaches and wildlife , an excellent range of shopping and quality restaurants and cafés, all making the most of the plentiful supply of fresh seafood. The Silver Sands Holiday Park is just 5 minutes' walk from the lighthouse and here you will find a shop, cafe, bar and a play area for children.
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Welcome to the National Trust for Scotland Holiday Accommodation - 20th June 2013
Lighthouse Accommodation
If you are looking for something slightly more unusual why not choose to stay at a lighthouse? The properties are ex-lighthousekeepers' homes, and letting them as self-catering not only gives guests the opportunity to stay in these extraordinary, remote and exciting locations, but provides an income for both charities.
We have lighthouse accommodation on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and Mull of Galloway (within the RSPB reserve).
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We have lighthouse accommodation on North Ronaldsay, Orkney and Mull of Galloway (within the RSPB reserve).
Covesea Skerry, Covesea Lighthouse
- Dates Available
- None
- Inverness, Nairn, Moray & The Black Isle
- 4
- 2
- Dogs allowed
Covesea Skerry is the ideal lighthouse accommodation for families with small children. The former lightkeepers' cottage is situated within the courtyard of the lighthouse with a superb sandy beach is practically on the doorstep. The beach is accessible via a gate from the lighthouse courtyard. There is a fence surrounding the lighthouse which makes this area safe for young children.
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Halliman Skerry, Covesea Lighthouse
- Dates Available
- None
- Inverness, Nairn, Moray & The Black Isle
- 6
- 3
- Dogs allowed
Halliman Skerry is a single- storey property in the Covesea Skerries lighthouse complex. As the entire complex is fully enclosed, this accommodation is great for families with young children who wish to spend a special holiday by the sea. The lighthouse complex is situated on the mainland, just opposite the Halliman Skerries which are a reef of rocks that are covered at high tide. Visitors can also enjoy two superb beaches nearby. One, West Bay, stretches for three miles to the west, beyond the headland housing Covesea Lighthouse.
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Accommodation details:
Sleeps 4/6. Accommodation comprises: sitting room; kitchen with dining room off; 2 twin bedrooms and 1 bedroom with bunk beds (can sleep adults); and bathroom with bath and shower cubicle. Services: electric central heating.
Additional information:
Parking is available beside the accommodation.
If you are interested in a larger group/ family booking, additional accommodation is available at Covesea Skerry. The neighbouring cottage accommodates 4 guests.
About the property:
The Covesea Skerries form a group of small islands and rocks that lie off the Moray coast, 3 miles west of Lossiemouth and 1 mile west of Covesea.
Following the loss of 16 ships during a storm in the Moray Firth in November 1826, many applications were made for lighthouses to be established at Tarbat Ness (near Portmahomack on the Dornoch Firth) and Covesea Skerries to mark the wide entrance to the Firth and its confusing series of inlets. Following a lengthy approval was finally received for the building of the lighthouse on Craighead and a beacon on the dangerous Halliman's Scars. Robert Stevenson's son, Alan, designed the new Covesea Skerries lighthouse and beacon. The iron beacon was completed in 1845 and the new lighthouse followed in 1846. Egyptian influences can be seen in the entrance to the tower, the chimneys of the cottages and the arches at the top of the lighthouse tower beneath the balcony.
Like most lighthouses, Covesea Lighthouseis now automatic. However, it once worked by a clockwork mechanism that turned the lenses. A local recounts how the keepers would climb to the top and raise the weights..
About the area:
The coastal town of Lossiemouth is just over a mile away and can be reached by walking along the lovely beach. It offers the visitor a range of facilities including sea angling, stunning unspoilt beaches and wildlife , an excellent range of shopping and quality restaurants and cafes, all making the most of the plentiful supply of fresh seafood. The Silver Sands Holiday Park is just 5 minutes' walk from the lighthouse and here you will find a shop, cafe, bar and a play area for children. Lossiemouth also offers visitors a range of golfing opportunities with its two 18-hole golf courses. < Hide
Sleeps 4/6. Accommodation comprises: sitting room; kitchen with dining room off; 2 twin bedrooms and 1 bedroom with bunk beds (can sleep adults); and bathroom with bath and shower cubicle. Services: electric central heating.
Additional information:
Parking is available beside the accommodation.
If you are interested in a larger group/ family booking, additional accommodation is available at Covesea Skerry. The neighbouring cottage accommodates 4 guests.
About the property:
The Covesea Skerries form a group of small islands and rocks that lie off the Moray coast, 3 miles west of Lossiemouth and 1 mile west of Covesea.
Following the loss of 16 ships during a storm in the Moray Firth in November 1826, many applications were made for lighthouses to be established at Tarbat Ness (near Portmahomack on the Dornoch Firth) and Covesea Skerries to mark the wide entrance to the Firth and its confusing series of inlets. Following a lengthy approval was finally received for the building of the lighthouse on Craighead and a beacon on the dangerous Halliman's Scars. Robert Stevenson's son, Alan, designed the new Covesea Skerries lighthouse and beacon. The iron beacon was completed in 1845 and the new lighthouse followed in 1846. Egyptian influences can be seen in the entrance to the tower, the chimneys of the cottages and the arches at the top of the lighthouse tower beneath the balcony.
Like most lighthouses, Covesea Lighthouseis now automatic. However, it once worked by a clockwork mechanism that turned the lenses. A local recounts how the keepers would climb to the top and raise the weights..
About the area:
The coastal town of Lossiemouth is just over a mile away and can be reached by walking along the lovely beach. It offers the visitor a range of facilities including sea angling, stunning unspoilt beaches and wildlife , an excellent range of shopping and quality restaurants and cafes, all making the most of the plentiful supply of fresh seafood. The Silver Sands Holiday Park is just 5 minutes' walk from the lighthouse and here you will find a shop, cafe, bar and a play area for children. Lossiemouth also offers visitors a range of golfing opportunities with its two 18-hole golf courses. < Hide
Kittiwake House, Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
- Dates Available
Very Good- Dumfries & Galloway
- 4
- 2
- Dogs allowed
As its name suggests, this whitewashed cottage that lies alongside Mull of Galloway Lighthouse is an ideal place for bird-lovers, being at the heart of an RSPB reserve. Mull of Galloway's cliffs drop 260ft into the Irish sea and on a clear day you can stand alongside the towering lighthouse and look across to the Isle of Man.
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For days out, the area's miles of dramatic forest, sandy beaches, castles and harbour villages are waiting to be explored.
Accommodation details
Access to the lighthouse is available to cottage guests by arrangement.
For larger groups, neighbouring Puffin House sleeps 4 and the Old Lighthousekeeper's Cottage also sleeps 4.
About Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Still in use as a guide to ships sailing round the coast of Scotland, Mull of Galloway lighthouse has shone since 1830. Robert Stevenson, the first of the famous Stevenson dynasty of lighthouse engineers began building the lighthouse in 1828. It stands 26 metres high, with the now automated light shining almost 100 metres above sea level; on a clear night it can be seen for 28 miles.
The first beaming system was 'intermittent' or 'occulting', where two cylindrical shades were moved up or down to create flashes of light and dark. The lighthouse was automated in 1988.
The exhibition in the engine room is currently closed until Easter 2013, as is the lighthouse tower.
About the area
Mull of Galloway stretches outwards from the Scottish mainland towards the Irish sea; on a clear day you can see the Lake District, the Isle of Man and the coast of Ireland, 26 miles away. The area is famed for its rugged wilderness. For supplies, fuel, a post office and the local Ship Inn head to Drummore village. 20 miles away Stranraer has ample shopping facilities.
Things to do
Getting there
The Lighthouse lies approx 20 miles from Stranraer. On reaching Stranraer follow the signs through the town towards Portpatrick until the A77 turnoff to Lochans and where the A716 begins. Continue along the A716 to Drummore. Follow the signs to the Mull of Galloway, five miles from Drummore.
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Accommodation details
- 1 storey
- Sleeps 4 - 2 twins
- Sitting room
- Kitchen
- Dining room
- Bathroom with bath and shower cubicle
- Gas central heating
Access to the lighthouse is available to cottage guests by arrangement.
For larger groups, neighbouring Puffin House sleeps 4 and the Old Lighthousekeeper's Cottage also sleeps 4.
About Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Still in use as a guide to ships sailing round the coast of Scotland, Mull of Galloway lighthouse has shone since 1830. Robert Stevenson, the first of the famous Stevenson dynasty of lighthouse engineers began building the lighthouse in 1828. It stands 26 metres high, with the now automated light shining almost 100 metres above sea level; on a clear night it can be seen for 28 miles.
The first beaming system was 'intermittent' or 'occulting', where two cylindrical shades were moved up or down to create flashes of light and dark. The lighthouse was automated in 1988.
The exhibition in the engine room is currently closed until Easter 2013, as is the lighthouse tower.
About the area
Mull of Galloway stretches outwards from the Scottish mainland towards the Irish sea; on a clear day you can see the Lake District, the Isle of Man and the coast of Ireland, 26 miles away. The area is famed for its rugged wilderness. For supplies, fuel, a post office and the local Ship Inn head to Drummore village. 20 miles away Stranraer has ample shopping facilities.
Things to do
- Go for a drive and a ramble through the majestic scenery and end up in Portpatrick, a 500 year old pastel coloured village curved round a scenic bay.
- Wrap up warm and spend an afternoon wildlife watching in the RSPB's nature reserve, surrounding the Lighthouse. You may be lucky enough to spot porpoises as well as nesting seabirds and hares.
- Close to Portpatrick, the ruined 16th century Dunskey Castle sits on a startling green promontory that juts into the sea. Lashed by the waves, eerie and atmospheric it's no wonder it featured as a location in the 1951 film of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.
Getting there
The Lighthouse lies approx 20 miles from Stranraer. On reaching Stranraer follow the signs through the town towards Portpatrick until the A77 turnoff to Lochans and where the A716 begins. Continue along the A716 to Drummore. Follow the signs to the Mull of Galloway, five miles from Drummore.
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