PLACES TO VISIT
AROUND and THINGS TO DO
THE LOCH VIEW STEADING
ENVIRONMENT – HERITAGE – MUSEUMS – CASTLES, GARDENS & NURSERIES
WATERFALLS – TOURS & CRUISES – FOOD & DRINK, WHISKY DISTILLERIES
ART, CRAFT & DESIGN
Golf
Equestrian
Fishing
Sailing
Walking
THE LOCH VIEW STEADING is an excellent touring base for visits and day trips to a huge variety of attractions in the Highlands of Scotland. Also Ben Nevis and Glencoe, the Isle of Skye, the Cairngorms National Park, the North-West Highland coast and the Whisky Trail are all within 2 hours drive of THE LOCH VIEW STEADING.
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BIRDWATCHING
RSPB Loch Ruthven This beautiful, tranquil loch is the most important site in the UK for breeding Slavonian grebes. Insh Marshes RSPB Loch Garten RSPB ospreys. |
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Met Office.gov.uk WEATHER for the area Walk in our 53 acres, you may see red deer, roe deer, pheasant, hare, buzzards, owls, woodpeckers and heron from up on the heather heath or if you go down to the lochside for a paddle or a picnic or to fish you will find that the loch is home to trout, arctic char, eel and pike. At night look up to enjoy the stars without any air pollution.
NNR: National Nature Reserve
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THE WHISKY TRAIL THE LOCH VIEW STEADING - Inverness - Clava Cairns (4000 years old chambered cairns and standing stones) - Cawdor Castle and gardens - Elgin (mill and 13th century ruined cathedral) - Craigellachie (Speyside cooperage) - Glenfiddich whisky distillery - return journey along the Moray Firth or via the Spey valley and the RSPB Loch Garten osprey visitor centre.
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ENVIRONMENT, BIRDWATCHING, WILDLIFE WATCHING Inverarnie Esker TrailWILDLIFE
Glen Affric
NNR, , Glen Strathfarrar,
Craigmonie Woodland Munlochy Bay, Kessock
Red Kite Centre, Kessock Dolphins & Seals Loch Fleet Nature Reserve, Falls of Shin Salmon Leap Beinn Eighe NNR, Knockan Geopark, Landmark Forest theme park, Highland Wildlife Park
Inverness Dolphin Cruises
Corrimony Cairn Tomich Village, Guisachan House,
Beauly Priory
Clava Cairns
Fort
George
Culloden Battlefield
Fortrose
Cathedral Groam House Pictish Museum,
Glenelg Brochs,
Cromarty Courthouse Cromarty Village, Hugh Miller’s Cottage,
Dornoch Cathedral |
Flora, Fauna and Wildlife |
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CASTLES, GARDENS & NURSERIES
Urquhart Castle
Loch Ness
Cawdor Castle & Gardens
Dunrobin Castle WATERFALLS
Corrimony, Plodda, Dog Falls, Guisachan, Guisachan, Dhivach Falls, Invermoriston
Foyers, Rogie Falls (salmon leap)
Corrieshalloch Gorge, Falls of Shin (salmon leap), Falls of Glomach Invergordon website gives information on the port, attractions and the Naval Museum and Heritage Centre TOURS & CRUISES Castle Cruises Cruise Loch Ness
Puffin Express Loch Ness
Cruises Ecoventures (dolphins) Calum’s Seal Trips, Summer Isles Cruises, Summer Queen Ullapool
There is a
Paintball
and Lazertag company only 20 minutes away in Farr Woods.
TAZBALLPAINTBALL
The Steadings at the Grouse and Trout offers a welcome to everybody whether it is for a restaurant meal or a drink in the lounge bar.
The Steadings Hotel at Croachy
http://www.lochnesswelcome.co.uk/section.asp?sID=7 Restaurants
Shops
Brin
Herb Nursery
Local Brewery: Black Isle Brewery 01463 811871
Highland Wineries Glen Ord Distillery
Black Isle Brewery Tomatin Distillery
West Highland
Dairy, Glenmorangie Distillery, Baxter’s Highland Village
HIGHLAND PHOTO GALLERY
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The Ceramic Experience,
Peter Tyler Woodturner And, of course, Loch Ness 2000 Exhibition Centre and Original Loch Ness Monster Visitors Centre ...
And many, many more… Just ask us!
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Golf Equestrian Fishing Sailing Walking
Making Strides MUSIC
RockNess
The only festival with it's own Monster! 7th & 8th June 2008
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FOUR SUGGESTED DAY TRIPS FROM THE LOCH VIEW STEADING
The following day trips from THE LOCH VIEW STEADING are only a sample of the numerous car tours we suggest to our guests. Alternative places to visit include the Isle of Skye, Ben Nevis and Fort William, the Loch Ness trail and many more… They allow the visitor to gain an overall impression of the variety of landscapes and of the natural and human heritage the Highlands of Scotland have to offer. Catering for all tastes and ages these tours offer opportunities to visit museums, whisky distilleries, castles, gardens or to do a bit of shopping, beachcombing, nature trail walking or wildlife watching.
BEACH LOVERS
AND DOLPHINS -
Nairn
& Beach
Munlochy
Bay (this is red kite country with birdwatching for waders, ducks, geese and
swans) - Fortrose (cathedral, dolphins) - Rosemarkie
Groam House pictish
stones museum, shore walks and beach) -
Cromarty
on the Black Isle
NTS Hugh Miller’s Cottage
Courthouse and self-guided audio tour of this picturesque former fishing
village, dolphin cruises) - Cromarty Firth (dolphins, waders, ducks in
winter/spring and baby seals in early summer).
Beauly (Made in Scotland Craft Centre, Priory and Beauly Heritage Centre) - Muir of Ord (whisky distillery) - Garve -moorland and hills - Ullapool (picturesque fishing harbour and museum) - moorland, lochs and mountains- Achiltibuie (remote seaside crofting village) - sandy beaches, rocky coves and seals - Lochinver (fishing harbour and pottery) - "The mad wee road" of Scotland, weaving its way between mountain and sea - Kylesku (fjord, Highland fashion) - Inchnadamph (moorland, lochs, deer and mountains) - Elphin - Knockan Geology Park - Ullapool.
GARDENS, HERITAGE AND WALKS - - Rogie Falls (salmon leap) Garve (as above) - moorland and mountains - Dundonnell (sea loch) - Inverewe (NTS subtropical gardens) - Gairloch (sandy beaches and local heritage museum) - panoramic views towards the Hebrides - Loch Maree (probably the most beautiful loch in Scotland) - Kinlochewe (lochs and mountains, nature trails, Beinn Eighe Visitor Centre) - Garve - THE LOCH VIEW STEADING.
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