Scottish Highlands

Loch Duich, and Eilean Donan castle

Guide to Scotland’s North-West Highlands: where to stay, places to visit and great walks

Sandwood Bay, Highland Region, Scotland, UK, Europe

Walk: Sandwood Bay, Sutherland

Glen Coe, Scottish highlands

Walk: Glen Coe, Argyll and Bute

Red squirrel in autumn

Red squirrels move further into the Highlands thanks to reintroduction project

Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assynt

Day out: Ardvreck Castle, Highland

Sheep on the beach at Camusdarach, Arisaig, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Walk: Arisaig to Camusdarach, Lochaber, Highland

Memorial Cairn at the battlefield of Culloden near Inverness

Day out: Culloden Moor, Inverness

Steall Falls, Nevis Gorge, Scotland

Walk: Steall Falls and Glen Nevis, Highland

Glen Lui, Scotland

Walk: Glen Lui, Aberdeenshire

Glencoe Lochan, Scotland

Walk: Glencoe village and Glencoe Lochan, Highland

Loch an Eilein, Scotland ©Alamy

Walk: Loch an Eilein, Highland

Loch Garten is hidden within Abernethy Forest/

Walk: Loch Garten, Highland

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Walk: Coille Mhor, Balmacara, Highland

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Historical figures

Wild People: Nan Shepherd

Ben Nevis, Scotland ©Alamy

Ben Nevis: Britain’s highest mountain ‘grows’ a metre