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Under 30 minutes away
Culloden
Powerfully emotive and atmospheric battlefield where the 1745 Jacobite Rising came to a tragic end
0 miles away
- Visitor Centre
- 09.00–18.00
- Café
- 09.00–17.00
- Battlefield
- Open daily
Abertarff House
The oldest house in Inverness and important example of 16th-century domestic architecture
5 miles away
🥪 Pack a picnic
Under 1 hour away
Hugh Miller’s Birthplace
Humble abode of inspirational geologist, folklorist and fossil hunter with a Garden of Wonders.
14 miles away
Brodie Castle & Estate
Magnificent turreted castle with a Playful Garden and amazing springtime daffodil displays
17 miles away
- Castle
- Guided tours begin at 10.30; last tour at 15.30
- Playful Garden Café
- 10.00–16.00
- Playful Garden
- 10.00–16.00
- Grounds
- Open daily (toilets 09.00–17.00)
West Affric
Wild mountain landscape with peatlands, moorlands and woodlands, home to black grouse, golden eagles and water voles
27 miles away
Mar Lodge Estate
Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms
34 miles away
Corrieshalloch Gorge
Walk across the suspension bridge as the River Droma rushes through a mile-long slot gorge below.
39 miles away
- Corrieshalloch Gorge
- Open daily
- Gateway to Nature Centre and café
- 9.30–16.00 (car park locked 17.00)
🏴 A real adventure
Over 2 hours away
Falls of Glomach
A breathtaking Highland waterfall cuts through Scotland’s wildest countryside
47 miles away
Leith Hall
Quirky historic home filled with curios from all over the world
50 miles away
- Hall and shop
- Closed
- Tearoom
- Closed
- Garden
- 10.00–16.00
- Estate
- Dawn–dusk
Kintail
Exceptional and remote mountain scenery with lochs, glens and the magnificent ridge of the Five Sisters
50 miles away
Killiecrankie
Magnificent wooded river gorge where one of the goriest battles in Jacobite history took place
52 miles away
Torridon
Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers
53 miles away
Craigower
Panoramic views stretch out in all directions from the pine-clad summit of this Perthshire hill
54 miles away
Balmacara Estate
With Skye on the horizon, explore the rich natural and cultural heritage of Highland crofting amid memorable landscapes and stunning wildlife.
59 miles away
- Estate
- All year, daily
- Plockton visitor centre
- Closed
- Steadings Gallery
- variable – see our events page
Inverewe
Rare species thrive in this heritage garden as the effects of the Gulf Stream meet the Highlands.
59 miles away
- Garden
- 09.30–16.30
- Visitor centre & shop
- 09.30–16.30
- Inverewe House
- 09.30–16.30
- Osgood’s Café
- 09.30–16.00
- Estate
- Open daily
Fyvie Castle
An imposing 800-year-old fortress, with Raeburn portraits on the walls and wildfowl in the loch
63 miles away
- Castle and tearoom
- Closed
- Shop
- Closed
- Grounds & Garden
- 09.00–dusk
Castle Fraser
One of Scotland’s largest tower houses, with an impressive portrait collection
64 miles away
- Castle, tearoom and shop
- 10.30–16.30 (last entry 15.30)
- Garden
- 10.00–16.00
- Grounds
- Dawn–dusk
Glenfinnan Monument
Moving tribute to those who died fighting for the Jacobite cause, framed by dramatic Highland scenery
65 miles away
- Visitor Centre
- 09.30–17.00
- Monument View Café
- 09.30–16.30
- Viaduct View Café
- 10.30–16.00
- Monument
- 11.00–12.30 and 13.30–16.00 (book in advance online)
- Grounds
- open daily
The Hermitage
Walk through towering Douglas firs to the folly of Ossian’s Hall, and gaze over the falls
66 miles away
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands
67 miles away
- Visitor centre and turf house
- 09.30–17.00
- Highland Coo Café
- 10.00–16.00
- Glencoe National Nature Reserve
- Daily
Ben Lawers
Scenic mountains and ridges, and the best collection of rare mountain plants in Britain
67 miles away