🏖️ Beach
Big Sand Beach
📍 Wester Ross
⏱ 2–4 hours
🆓 Free entry
🚐 Motorhome friendly
Big Sand Beach is a magnificent 2-kilometre sweep of golden sand on the Gairloch peninsula, consistently rated among the finest beaches in Scotland. The beach faces northwest across the Minch toward the outer Hebrides, with the jagged peaks of the Torridon mountains making a dramatic backdrop to the south. Clear and clean water with a gentle shelving bottom makes it one of the safer swimming beaches on the NC500.
From Gairloch village, drive north on the B8021 for 3 miles to Big Sand. Car park and campsite are signed.