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Under 30 minutes away
Balmacara Estate
With Skye on the horizon, explore the rich natural and cultural heritage of Highland crofting amid memorable landscapes and stunning wildlife.
1 mile away
- Estate
- All year, daily
- Plockton visitor centre
- Closed
- Steadings Gallery
- variable – see our events page
Kintail
Exceptional and remote mountain scenery with lochs, glens and the magnificent ridge of the Five Sisters
11 miles away
Falls of Glomach
A breathtaking Highland waterfall cuts through Scotland’s wildest countryside
14 miles away
🥪 Pack a picnic
Under 1 hour away
Torridon
Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers
19 miles away
Glenfinnan Monument
Moving tribute to those who died fighting for the Jacobite cause, framed by dramatic Highland scenery
30 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
West Affric
Wild mountain landscape with peatlands, moorlands and woodlands, home to black grouse, golden eagles and water voles
33 miles away
Inverewe
Rare species thrive in this heritage garden as the effects of the Gulf Stream meet the Highlands.
34 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
🏴 A real adventure
Over 2 hours away
Corrieshalloch Gorge
Walk across the suspension bridge as the River Droma rushes through a mile-long slot gorge below.
40 miles away
- Corrieshalloch Gorge
- Open daily
- Gateway to Nature Centre and café
- 9.30–16.00 (car park locked 17.00)
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands
48 miles away
- Visitor centre and turf house
- 09.30–17.00
- Highland Coo Café
- 10.00–16.00
- Glencoe National Nature Reserve
- Daily
Abertarff House
The oldest house in Inverness and important example of 16th-century domestic architecture
55 miles away
Culloden
Powerfully emotive and atmospheric battlefield where the 1745 Jacobite Rising came to a tragic end
60 miles away
- Visitor Centre
- 09.00–18.00
- Café
- 09.00–17.00
- Battlefield
- Open daily
Staffa
Volcanic rock columns are home to black guillemots, fulmars, puffins and the magical Fingal’s Cave
64 miles away
Burg
Golden eagles, red deer and otters inhabit this spectacular peninsula on the Isle of Mull.
65 miles away
Hugh Miller’s Birthplace
Humble abode of inspirational geologist, folklorist and fossil hunter with a Garden of Wonders.
66 miles away
Iona
A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
72 miles away
Moirlanich Longhouse
Beautifully conserved cottage giving unique insight into rural family life in 19th-century Scotland
75 miles away
Ben Lawers
Scenic mountains and ridges, and the best collection of rare mountain plants in Britain
75 miles away
Brodie Castle & Estate
Magnificent turreted castle with a Playful Garden and amazing springtime daffodil displays
76 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)
Mar Lodge Estate
Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms
79 miles away
Killiecrankie
Magnificent wooded river gorge where one of the goriest battles in Jacobite history took place
80 miles away