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Balmacara Estate
With Skye on the horizon, explore the rich natural and cultural heritage of Highland crofting amid memorable landscapes and stunning wildlife.
36 mile s away
- Estate
- All year, daily
- Balmacara Visitor Centre
- closed
- Plockton visitor centre
- Closed
- Steadings Gallery
- variable – see our events page
🏴 A real adventure
Over 2 hours away
Glenfinnan Monument
Moving tribute to those who died fighting for the Jacobite cause, framed by dramatic Highland scenery
43 mile s 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 (turn up on the day or book in advance online, see the Events tab above)
Staffa
Volcanic rock columns are home to black guillemots, fulmars, puffins and the magical Fingal’s Cave
43 mile s away
Kintail
Exceptional and remote mountain scenery with lochs, glens and the magnificent ridge of the Five Sisters
44 mile s away
Mingulay, Pabbay & Berneray
Eagles soar and dolphins splash around these Hebridean islands, also home to a rare Pictish stone
46 mile s away
Falls of Glomach
A breathtaking Highland waterfall cuts through Scotland’s wildest countryside
48 mile s away
Burg
Golden eagles, red deer and otters inhabit this spectacular peninsula on the Isle of Mull.
50 mile s away
Iona
A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
50 mile s away
Torridon
Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers
50 mile s away
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands
60 mile s away
- Visitor centre and turf house
- 09.30–17.00
- Highland Coo Café
- 10.00–16.00
- Glencoe National Nature Reserve
- Daily
Inverewe
Rare species thrive in this heritage garden as the effects of the Gulf Stream meet the Highlands.
60 mile s 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
West Affric
Wild mountain landscape with peatlands, moorlands and woodlands, home to black grouse, golden eagles and water voles
68 mile s away
Corrieshalloch Gorge
Walk across the suspension bridge as the River Droma rushes through a mile-long slot gorge below.
73 mile s away
- Corrieshalloch Gorge
- Open daily
- Gateway to Nature Centre and café
- 9.30–16.00 (car park locked 17.00)
Crarae Garden
Tranquil woodland garden with Himalayan plants and tumbling waterfalls
80 mile s away
- Visitor centre, shop and café
- 10.00–17.00 (last orders in café at 16.00)
- Garden
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
Abertarff House
The oldest house in Inverness and important example of 16th-century domestic architecture
90 mile s away
Moirlanich Longhouse
Beautifully conserved cottage giving unique insight into rural family life in 19th-century Scotland
91 mile s away
Ben Lawers
Scenic mountains and ridges, and the best collection of rare mountain plants in Britain
93 mile s away
St Kilda
Fragments of the past haunt these islands, now home to the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins
93 mile s away
Culloden
Powerfully emotive and atmospheric battlefield where the 1745 Jacobite Rising came to a tragic end
95 mile s away
- Visitor Centre
- 09.00–17.00
- Café
- 09.00–16.30
- Battlefield
- Open daily
The Hill House
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s architectural masterpiece turns art into a home.
99 mile s away
- House, shop, café and garden
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)