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🐿️ Go wild and try to spot Scotland’s big five

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Torridon

Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers

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Countryside Centre
Closed
Estate
All year, daily
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St Abb’s Head

Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies

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Nature Reserve
Open daily
Nature Centre
09.00–16.00
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Mar Lodge Estate

Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms

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Estate
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🌼 Find the right root on a garden walk

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Pitmedden Garden

Re-created Scottish Renaissance walled garden with vibrant floral designs and Museum of Farming Life

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Garden, museum, tearoom and shop
10.30–16.30
Grounds
Dawn–dusk
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Inverewe

Rare species thrive in this heritage garden as the effects of the Gulf Stream meet the Highlands.

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Garden, shop, Osgood’s Café, Inverewe House and visitor centre
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Estate
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Threave Garden & Estate

A garden for all seasons and a haven for wildlife, with an osprey platform and bat reserve

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Garden, café, visitor centre and shop
10.00–17.00
Threave House
11.00–15.00
Nature Reserve
Dawn–dusk
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🌊 Waterfalls are natural wonders

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Falls of Glomach

A breathtaking Highland waterfall cuts through Scotland’s wildest countryside

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Falls of Glomach
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Grey Mare’s Tail

One of Scotland’s favourite waterfalls takes a spectacular 60m plunge into the valley below

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Grey Mare’s Tail
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Corrieshalloch Gorge

Walk across the suspension bridge as the River Droma rushes through a mile-long box canyon below.

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Corrieshalloch Gorge
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💕 Fall in love with more than just the views

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Iona

A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas

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Island
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Glencoe National Nature Reserve

Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands

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Visitor centre and turf house
10.00–17.00
Glencoe
Daily
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St Abb’s Head

Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies

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Nature Reserve
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Nature Centre
09.00–16.00
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🎬 You’ve seen the film, now visit the set

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Culross

Step into the past along the cobbled streets of a picturesque village with its own ochre-coloured palace

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Palace, garden and shop
10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
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Glencoe National Nature Reserve

Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands

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Visitor centre and turf house
10.00–17.00
Glencoe
Daily
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St Abb’s Head

Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies

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Nature Reserve
Open daily
Nature Centre
09.00–16.00
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🐦 Seabird havens and epic coastal views

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Fair Isle

The most remote inhabited island in the UK, famed for its seabirds and fabulous knitwear

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Fair Isle
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St Kilda

Fragments of the past haunt these islands, now home to the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins

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St Kilda
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St Abb’s Head

Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies

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Nature Reserve
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Nature Centre
09.00–16.00
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⛰️ Bag yourself another Munro

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Ben Lawers

Scenic mountains and ridges, and the best collection of rare mountain plants in Britain

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Ben Lawers
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Mar Lodge Estate

Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms

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Estate
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Ben Lomond

Scotland’s most southerly Munro offers spectacular views of Loch Lomond.

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Ben Lomond
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⚔️ Follow the rise and fall of the Jacobites

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Culloden

Powerfully emotive and atmospheric battlefield where the 1745 Jacobite Rising came to a tragic end

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Visitor Centre
09.00–16.00
Battlefield
Open daily
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Glenfinnan Monument

Moving tribute to those who died fighting for the Jacobite cause, framed by dramatic Highland scenery

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Visitor Centre and Monument View Café
10.00–17.00
Monument
14.00–15.00
Grounds
open daily
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Killiecrankie

Magnificent wooded river gorge where one of the goriest battles in Jacobite history took place

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Visitor centre and café
09.15–16.30
Site
All year, daily
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🐶 Let your dog lead you in the right direction

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Castle Fraser

One of Scotland’s largest tower houses, with an impressive portrait collection

Opening times today
Castle, tearoom and shop
10.30–16.30
Garden
10.00–16.00
Grounds
Dawn–dusk
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Crathes Castle

Painted ceilings and family portraits adorn this turreted castle, set among sculpted yew trees and nature trails.

Opening times today
Castle, shop and Café 1702
10.00–17.00
Gardens
10.00–17.00
Wild Wood Adventure Play
10.00–17.00
Grounds
Dawn–dusk
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👣 Go exploring – it’s time for a new adventure

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Arduaine Garden

Bold colours and fragrant scents bring an exotic touch to this Argyll coastal garden

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Garden
Closed
Visitor Centre
Closed
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Kintail

Exceptional and remote mountain scenery with lochs, glens and the magnificent ridge of the Five Sisters

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Kintail
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The Hermitage

Walk through towering Douglas firs to the folly of Ossian’s Hall, and gaze over the falls

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The Hermitage
All year, daily
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