👁️ Viewpoint
Cape Wrath
📍 Sutherland
⏱ Half day
🎟️ Ferry + minibus (approx £22 return)
Cape Wrath is the most northwesterly point of mainland Britain — a genuinely remote headland of immense drama, guarded by 281-metre sea cliffs at Clo Mor (the highest vertical sea cliffs in Britain) and a lighthouse built by Robert Stevenson in 1828. The cape is only accessible via a passenger ferry across the Kyle of Durness (no vehicular crossing exists) followed by a 12-mile minibus journey across the Cape Wrath peninsula, which is used as a military training area by the MOD. The combination of remoteness, scale and wild beauty makes Cape Wrath one of the most extraordinary places in Britain. On a clear day the views stretch to the Outer Hebrides and to Orkney.
Drive to Keoldale, 2 miles SW of Durness on the A838. Ferry across the Kyle of Durness, then minibus. Ferry operates May–September — check schedule in advance.