Attractions in North Coast 500

26 places from our North Coast 500 guide, from Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats to Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.

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Sites et attractions

Attractions in North Coast 500

26 adresses

An Teallach, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntParc ou nature
Montagne

An Teallach

Torridonian sandstone mountain group south of Little Loch Broom; its highest top, Bidean a' Ghlas Thuill, reaches 1,062 m.

  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideItinéraire
Ardvreck Castle, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntChâteau
Château en ruine

Ardvreck Castle

Ruin on a rocky promontory in Loch Assynt, dating from about 1490 and linked to the Macleods of Assynt.

  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideItinéraire
Balnakeil Bay and church, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsCathédrale ou église
Beach and ruined church

Balnakeil Bay and church

Wide bay at the mouth of the Kyle of Durness beside the ruined Balnakeil Church, a scheduled monument.

En extérieur
  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Castle of Mey, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsChâteau
Castle and gardens

Castle of Mey

Former home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, about 6 miles west of John o' Groats, with gardens and a visitor centre.

En extérieur
  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideSite officielItinéraire
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsChâteau
Château en ruine

Castle Sinclair Girnigoe

Ruins of two castles, 15th-century Girnigoe and 17th-century Sinclair, on the cliffs about 3 miles north of Wick.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Castle Varrich, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsChâteau
Château en ruine

Castle Varrich

Ruin on a rocky high point above Tongue and the Kyle of Tongue, linked with the chiefs of Clan Mackay.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Ceannabeinne, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsParc ou nature
Beach and ruined township

Ceannabeinne

Ruined township east of Durness, beside a sandy beach looking out to Eilean Hoan.

En extérieur
  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Corrieshalloch Gorge, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntParc ou nature
Gorge and waterfall

Corrieshalloch Gorge

Gorge about 60 m deep where the 46 m Falls of Measach are seen from a Victorian suspension bridge; National Trust for Scotland.

  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideSite officielItinéraire
Duncansby Head, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsParc ou nature
Headland and lighthouse

Duncansby Head

Most north-easterly point of the British mainland, between the Pentland Firth and the Moray Firth, with a lighthouse.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Dunnet Head, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsParc ou nature
Headland and lighthouse

Dunnet Head

Peninsula ending at Easter Head, the northernmost point of the island of Great Britain, with a lighthouse.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Holborn Head, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsParc ou nature
Headland and lighthouse

Holborn Head

Headland west of Thurso Bay with a promontory fort and a Stevenson lighthouse completed in 1862; a footpath circles it.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Inverewe Garden, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntJardin
Jardin

Inverewe Garden

Garden created from 1862 by Osgood Mackenzie on the shore north of Poolewe, now cared for by the National Trust for Scotland.

En extérieur
  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideSite officielItinéraire
Isle Martin, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntParc ou nature
Île

Isle Martin

Uninhabited island in Loch Broom, once a monastery site, herring curing station and flour mill, now owned by a community trust.

  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
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John o' Groats, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsAutre site
Village and signpost

John o' Groats

Village on the north-east tip of Scotland with the signpost; a summer passenger ferry crosses to Burwick in Orkney.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Knockan Crag, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntParc ou nature
Nature reserve and geology trail

Knockan Crag

Crag in the North West Highlands Geopark where older Moine schists sit above younger rocks, the subject of the 19th-century Highlands Controversy.

En extérieur
  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideSite officielItinéraire
Loch Eriboll, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsParc ou nature
Sea loch

Loch Eriboll

Sea loch about 16 km long, long used as a sheltered anchorage, with 19th-century lime kilns at Ard Neakie.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Pulteney Distillery, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsAutre site
Distillerie

Pulteney Distillery

Distillery in the Pulteneytown area of Wick that makes Old Pulteney single malt and has a visitor centre on Huddart Street.

En intérieur
  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideItinéraire
Smoo Cave, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsAutre site
Grotte

Smoo Cave

Large combined sea cave and freshwater cave at Durness, fed by the Allt Smoo stream; guided tours run in season.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideSite officielItinéraire
Stac Pollaidh, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntParc ou nature
Montagne

Stac Pollaidh

Rocky Torridonian sandstone peak just over 610 m high, popular because the path starts from the road.

  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
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Strathnaver Museum, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsMusée
Musée

Strathnaver Museum

Volunteer-run museum in Bettyhill, open since 1976, telling the story of north-west Sutherland through the Highland Clearances.

En intérieur
  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideSite officielItinéraire
Suilven, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntParc ou nature
Montagne

Suilven

Steep-sided ridge about two kilometres long rising from the moorland and lochans of Assynt, east of Lochinver.

  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
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Summer Isles, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntParc ou nature
Islands

Summer Isles

Archipelago at the mouth of Loch Broom, seen from the Coigach coast around Achiltibuie and Altandhu.

  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
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Ullapool harbour and Loch Broom, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntAutre site
Port

Ullapool harbour and Loch Broom

Deep natural harbour on Loch Broom used by the Stornoway ferry, fishing boats, leisure craft and cruise ships.

En extérieur
  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
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Ullapool Museum, Ullapool, Coigach & AssyntMusée
Musée

Ullapool Museum

Local museum on West Argyle Street covering fishing, maritime history, Gaelic culture and everyday life in Ullapool. It opens seasonally.

En intérieur
  • Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt, North Coast 500
Dans notre guideSite officielItinéraire
Whaligoe Steps, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsAutre site
Historic harbour steps

Whaligoe Steps

About 330 steps cut down the cliff to a tiny harbour, which held 14 herring boats by 1814.

  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Wolfburn Distillery, Durness, Thurso & John o' GroatsAutre site
Distillerie

Wolfburn Distillery

Single malt whisky distillery on the edge of Thurso, opened in 2013 and named after a distillery that closed in the 1860s.

En intérieur
  • Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats, North Coast 500
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Par quartier

Things to do by area in North Coast 500

Chaque lien ouvre le guide du quartier avec les descriptions complètes, les photos et les itinéraires.

More about North Coast 500: the North Coast 500 guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.

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  • Type. Notre propre regroupement des lieux par catégorie dans nos guides de destination (par exemple musée, château ou jardin). C’est un filtre, pas une notation.
  • Entry (free or paid). Shown only where the venue's own website says so in plain words, read on 25 Oct 2026. 0 places here are marked free and 0 paid; the other 26 are not stated. "Free" means general admission: special exhibitions, events and facilities can still be charged. The words we relied on are on the sources page.
  • Réservation. Nous n’avons pas encore lu de page de lieu conseillant de réserver pour ces endroits, il n’y a donc pas de filtre de réservation. Consultez chaque site officiel.
  • Accès sans marches. Statut signalé uniquement, d’après les contributeurs d’OpenStreetMap ou la page d’accès du lieu : 0 lieu fait l’objet d’un signalement d’accès sans marches ou partiellement sans marches. Le filtre d’accès sans marches masque les lieux sans signalement ; cela ne signifie pas qu’ils sont inaccessibles. Contactez le lieu.
  • Indoor or outdoor. Our rules for the kind of place (4 indoor, 0 partly covered, 6 outdoor; the rest are not classed). It says nothing about opening hours or shelter on the day.
  • Adapté aux familles. Lieux signalés adaptés aux familles dans nos guides (0 pour l’instant).
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Sources

  1. Nos guides de destination : les lieux, les descriptions et les positions proviennent de leurs pages « À voir et à faire », qui renvoient vers le site officiel de chaque lieu.
  2. Sites web des lieux, consultés le 25 oct. 2026 pour y relever les mentions d’entrée gratuite, de tarif d’admission et de réservation. Chaque indication et les mots qui la fondent : sources des indications.
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab), for reported step-free tags.
  4. Notre guide des activités gratuites, qui recense les lieux dont le site officiel indique une entrée gratuite.