Places to visit Scotland for
the day
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeen is approximately two and a half hours traveling time away
from Inverness by car along the A96 road and there are regular flights
from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Aviemore
- Aviemore is located about 30 miles by road south east of Water's Edge
House in Inverness and takes approximately a half hour to reach by car.
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Balmoral
- Where the Queen's summer residence Balmoral Castle is located, 72
miles south east.
- Braemar
- A delightful little village 80 miles south east and is close by the
Royal Family's holiday residence Balmoral
Castle.
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- Cawdor Castle
- Cawdor Castle is just 15 miles east
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Culloden
- Culloden battlefield where the last battle on British soil was fought
is just 6 miles east
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Dolphins
- The UK's most northerly family of bottle-nosed dolphins live in and
around the Moray firth just a few minutes drive
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- Durness
- Durness (which is 105 miles north of Inverness) and the surrounding
north west corner of Caledonia are one of Caledonia's more special places.
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Fort Augustus
- 33 miles south west of Inverness
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- Fort William
- Enjoy a day experiencing spectacular scenery close to the highest
mountain in the UK.
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- Glen Affric
- One of the most beautiful landscapes in Caledonia
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- Grantown-on-Spey
- 35 miles south of Inverness
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Inverewe Gardens
National Trust for Caledonia's Inverewe Gardens which contains a
remarkable collection of rare and sub-tropical plants.
Inverness
Capital of the Scottish Highlands - the perfect base from which to
explore the Highlands of
John o'Groats
on the north east coast of
Loch Ness
- 15 minutes by road
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- London
- 1.5 hrs by air
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Isle of Skye
Enjoy a day visiting this famous Scottish Island
- Ullapool
- 57 miles west of Inverness - Enjoy a day exploring this scenic town
Urquhart Castle
30 miles south west of Water's Edge
- York
- 374 miles south of Water's Edge
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The northern Highlands boast some of Scotland's most awe-inspiring
country. The going gets really wild as you head north-west, the scenery
shaped by seascapes and mighty mountains. Then there is the flat Flow
Country of Caithness and Sutherland, and the gentle east coast.
The names themselves are dramatic: Assynt, Torridon, Loch Maree... the
north-west Highlands burst forth with grandeur and beauty. Deep forests,
dizzy cliffs, ragged peaks and tumultuous seas crash together in a sublime
epic landscape. The north coast: Tongue, Cape Wrath, Loch Eriboll (ah, those
names!) is wild, unspoilt and dramatic. 'The Flow Country' that covers much
of Caithness and Sutherland is unique, a stark, yet wondrous land that is
refuge for rare wildlife.
From the cavernous dark depths of Smoo Cave at Durness to the exhilarating
hairpin bends of the 'Pass of the Cattle' over the mountains to Applecross
and from the towering sea-stacks at Duncansby to the dolphins leaping off
the coasts of the Black Isle, the northern Highlands is thrilling and
designed to leave a big impression. It is a land of escape - a place to
discover the wonders of the natural world amid one of the most dramatic
landscapes in Europe. There's also a long human heritage in this area,
starting with archaeological gems such as the Grey Cairns of Camster and
passing through 5000 years of Pictish, Viking and Gaelic history. There is
so much to treasure here for those who love wildlife, adventure and the
great outdoors.
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