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Under 1 hour away
Balmacara Estate
With Skye on the horizon, explore the rich natural and cultural heritage of Highland crofting amid memorable landscapes and stunning wildlife.
36 miles away
- Estate
- All year, daily
- 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 miles away
- Visitor Centre
- 09.30–17.00
- Café
- 10:00–16:00
- Monument
- 11.00–11.30 and 14.00–14.30 (book in advance online)
- Grounds
- open daily
Staffa
Volcanic rock columns are home to black guillemots, fulmars, puffins and the magical Fingal’s Cave
43 miles away
Kintail
Exceptional and remote mountain scenery with lochs, glens and the magnificent ridge of the Five Sisters
44 miles away
Mingulay, Pabbay & Berneray
Eagles soar and dolphins splash around these Hebridean islands, also home to a rare Pictish stone
46 miles away
Falls of Glomach
A breathtaking Highland waterfall cuts through Scotland’s wildest countryside
48 miles away
Burg
Golden eagles, red deer and otters inhabit this spectacular peninsula on the Isle of Mull.
50 miles away
Iona
A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
50 miles away
Torridon
Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers
50 miles away
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands
60 miles 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 miles away
- Garden
- 10.00–15.00
- Visitor centre & shop
- Closed
- Inverewe House
- Closed
- Osgood’s Café
- Closed
- Estate
- Open daily
West Affric
Wild mountain landscape with peatlands, moorlands and woodlands, home to black grouse, golden eagles and water voles
68 miles away
Corrieshalloch Gorge
Walk across the suspension bridge as the River Droma rushes through a mile-long slot gorge below.
73 miles away
- Corrieshalloch Gorge
- Open daily
- Gateway to Nature Centre and café
- Closed
Crarae Garden
Tranquil woodland garden with Himalayan plants and tumbling waterfalls
80 miles 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 miles away
Moirlanich Longhouse
Beautifully conserved cottage giving unique insight into rural family life in 19th-century Scotland
91 miles away
Ben Lawers
Scenic mountains and ridges, and the best collection of rare mountain plants in Britain
93 miles away
St Kilda
Fragments of the past haunt these islands, now home to the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins
93 miles away
Culloden
Powerfully emotive and atmospheric battlefield where the 1745 Jacobite Rising came to a tragic end
95 miles away
- Visitor Centre
- 09.00–16.00
- Café
- 09.00–15.00
- Battlefield
- Open daily
The Hill House
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s architectural masterpiece turns art into a home.
99 miles away
- House, shop, café and garden
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)