Achmelvich. off A837 at
Lochinver. Wonderful sandy beach with camping and a youth hostel
nearby.
In this area:
NW Sutherland
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Balnakeil Beach.
West of Durness. Big surf!
Ranger led walks to Faraid Head where you might see some puffins.
In this area:
NW Sutherland
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Clachtoll, Stoer
& Clashnessie. Take coastal
road north-west of Lochinver. Lovely beaches. Also remains of a broch
near Stoer Bay. Further on you will also find The Old Man of Stoer -
about an hour's walk from the car park near Rhu Stoer lighthouse.
This is a spectacular sea stack. The cliffs are teaming with sea
birds but be careful, the cliffs are largely sandstone and this
makes it dangerous
In this area:
NW Sutherland
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Durness & Smoo Cave. Yet another
lovely beach in a scattered crofting community. The Durness Tourist
Information centre has displays and a Countryside Ranger Service.
Cave fairly easily accessible from the beach. A wooden walkway gives
visitors access to the waterfall in the inner chamber.
In this area:
NW Sutherland
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Sandwood Bay. B801 from
Kinlochbervie. Beyond Oldshoremore and Oldshorebeg. You'll have to
walk though! Four miles will find you on a beautiful beach (take a
picnic)
In this area: NW Sutherland
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Scourie & Fangmore. A894.
Good bathing at Scourie. Fishing opportunity for wild brown trout
and game. Boat rips from Fangmore to visit seal colonies onshore of
Loch Laxford.
In this area: NW Sutherland
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Dunnet Head & Dunnet Bay: The most northerly point on the
British mainland (the annular eclipse in 2003 was watched here by
Patrick Moore). Local Ranger service give guided walks to the
headland and the nature reserve behind the sands of Dunnet Bay.
The old windmill at Castlehill makes
an interesting start to the
Flagstone Trail
In this area:
Caithness
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Melvich & Portskerra. Excellent beach and beyond Portskerra are huge
cliffs bubbling over with seabirds.
In this area:
Caithness
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Strathy
'Towering cliffs and beautiful
beach.
In the 19th
century most of Sutherland was owned by mainly the same clan chiefs
whose families had been there for centuries. The land had been
divided into estates and when economic circumstances became harder
the owners began to see sheep a s way of obtaining more wealth. The
income to be derived from this source then was many times higher
than provided by tenants...'
In this area:
Caithness
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Portmahomack. Great beaches and
views. Good for watersports. Lovely walks to the Tarbar Ness
lighthouse.
In this area:
Firthlands
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Badachro & Red Point. South of
Gairloch. B8056. A twisting road running through Badachro, Port
Henderson and Opinan to reach an isolated beach at Red Point.
In this area:
Wester Ross
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There are more beaches - have fun discovering them for yourself.
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