Scottish Highlands - Countryside places to visit

Prince's Walk is a circular walk following an avenue of trees planted to commemorate the week that Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed at Kinlochmoidart House when he launched the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. The walk passes through beautiful woodland and beside a secluded 19th-century church.
A861, Kinlochmoidart, Moidart, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, PH38 4ND

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A rare area of woodland on an outcrop of limestone, surrounded by heather moorland and hills. The lime-rich soil supports plants and animals unusual in this area of the Scottish Highlands. An interpretive panel describes the site and there are walks through the woods.
A896, Ardarroch, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Rha Waterfall is a lovely and secluded cascade in a nature reserve immediately outside Uig, reached by a short 150m trail through a beautiful wooded gorge.
A855, Uig, Isle of Skye, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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The 'Road to the Isles' connects Fort William to the Skye ferry at Mallaig. From Fort William take the A82 (stop to view Neptune's Staircase at Banavie - a flight of 8 locks, part of the Caledonian Canal). This is a scenic countryside route 46 miles long. Turn left on A830 which leads to the end of the road at Mallaig. This route passes the Glenfinnan Monument, sandy beaches, and beautiful coastline before it reaches Mallaig, where you can catch a ferry to the Isle of Skye.
Fort William, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Rogie Falls is a lovely waterfall on Black Water, near Contin, where a suspension bridge over the river provides one of the best places in Scotland to watch the annual salmon migration. Waymarked trails lead through beautiful woodland to the waterfalls. Excellent for autumn colours.
A835, Contin, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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One of the most remote and beautiful beaches in Britain, Sandwood Bay is a four-mile walk from the nearest road. The location is superb, with a pristine sandy beach stretching for over a mile in a broad curve, a sea stack at one end and machair grassland bordering a freshwater loch on the landward side. Sandwood is one of the most magical natural environments in Scotland.
Blairmore, Kinlochbervie, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV27 4RU

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Heritage Highlight: Remains of Sandwood Cottage stand by the machair

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A short - and lovely - walk from Birsay brings you to a restored 19th-century fisherman's hut built into the side of a cliff. Deep grooves in the ground called 'nousts' or 'noasts' show where fishermen drew their boats up high onto the shore for protection.
Birsay, Mainland, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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One of the natural wonders of northern Scotland, Smoo Cave is a natural cavern running deep into the high limestone cliffs on the eastern edge of Durness township, Sutherland. The cave is at the head of the narrow inlet known as Geodha Smoo, just off the A838 road between Durness and Tongue, on the Scottish mainland's most northerly section of coastline.
A838, Durness, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV27 4QA

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Suisnish is a deserted village in Strath, south of Broadford, one of the last crofting communities on Skye to be depopulated during the Highland Clearances. The ruins of crofters' cottages stand in a breathtakingly beautiful location looking over Loch Slapin.
Strath, Torrin, Isle of Skye, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: Ruins of crofter's cottage

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Talisker Bay is a beautiful western-facing bay on Skye's Minginish Peninsula. Its location makes it ideal for watching the sunset. It is reached via an easy 1.2-mile walk from the end of the road at Talisker.
Carbost, Isle of Skye, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV47 8SF

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Heritage Highlight: Talisker House, built circa 1720

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