Gairloch

About Gairloch

Gairloch is a scattered community of small settlements on the western coast of Ross-shire, centred on a beautiful bay with the mountains of Torridon and Flowerdale Forest rising behind it. The village has an excellent heritage museum, a good fuel station, a Tesco Express and several excellent cafés and restaurants — a surprisingly complete set of services for such a remote location. The whale and dolphin watching boat trips from Gairloch Harbour are among the best in Scotland — minke whales, harbour porpoise, common dolphins and occasionally orca are regularly seen. Big Sand beach, a few miles north, is a magnificent wide sandy bay with mountain views.

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Getting There

On the A832, 50 miles northwest of Inverness via the A835 and A832 through Braemore Junction.

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