🗺️ NC500 Attractions

Gairloch is a scattered community of small settlements on the western coast of Ross-shire, centred on a beautiful bay with the mountains of Torridon and Flowerdale Forest rising behind it. The village has an excellent heritage museum, a good fuel station, a Tesco Express and several excellent cafés and rest…

Ullapool is the most lively and complete town on the western NC500, a planned village founded in 1788 by the British Fisheries Society to exploit the herring shoals of Loch Broom. The distinctive grid of whitewashed houses by the loch has a genuine charm, and the town is well-equipped with shops, re…