Rainy-day ideas
North Coast 500 when it rains
4 indoor places from our North Coast 500 guide, grouped by area. Tagged by type of place (museums, galleries, theatres, libraries and similar), so check opening times and booking with each venue. Month-by-month weather
Indoor options by area
Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats (3)
- Pulteney DistilleryDistillery
- Strathnaver MuseumMuseum
- Wolfburn DistilleryDistillery
Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt (1)
- Ullapool MuseumMuseum
Dry or bright day? Outdoor picks
The same tagging in reverse: 6 parks, gardens, streets, bridges, viewpoints and similar places that are best when it is dry.
Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats (3)
- Balnakeil Bay and churchBeach and ruined church
- Castle of MeyCastle and gardens
- CeannabeinneBeach and ruined township
Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt (3)
- Inverewe GardenGarden
- Knockan CragNature reserve and geology trail
- Ullapool harbour and Loch BroomHarbour
Places are tagged from their type and a short list of manual overrides (src/data/weather-fit.json). Anything we cannot place with confidence, such as colleges, castles and mixed sites, is not listed. This is not a weather forecast.