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Paths Around Caithness & Sutherland FINAL.Pmd Paths Around Paths Around 1 Lybster Paths Around CaithnessCaithness && SutherlandSutherland 9 Kyle of Sutherland Forest trails suitable for Wild about woods. walkers, cyclists and Paths Around Paths Around There are a number of woodland walks in the area to horse riders. There is 4 Duncansby Head 7 Golspie experience with Carbisdale and Balblair near Bonar picnic facilities, parking, Route to spectacular viewpoint signed from Huge variety of tracks and trails in Bridge, Gearrchoille Community Wood by Ardgay, a viewpoint and Old coastal lookout car park. Open coastal heath/rough this area. For more details see the Rosehall Trails, Achany by Shin Falls, Raven’s Rock interpretation. grassland suitable for walkers. descriptive routes booklet, Gorge Woodland walk near Rosehall and Migdale and The coastal route provides the option of visiting the ‘Golspie Walks’. All routes Ledmore by Spinningdale. A variety of facilities and historical Brethren Well or the old coastguard lookout, Paths Around accessible from the village as a routes depending on which site is visited. shelter bench and “seawatching” interpretive panel 5 Achvarasdal start point. Walks include the from the harbour. Route suitable for walkers only. spectacular Big Burn gorge, Ben Woodland walks, fully signed with Sign at Big Burn gorge Paths Around site leaflet and interpretive map Bhraggie hill walk, routes through board. Pleasant easy short walks Dunrobin Castle woodlands and coastal links with 10 Lairg Paths Around through deciduous woodland. Brora to the North and Littleferry to the South. The Lairg area offers several excellent walks including 2 two woodland areas at Ferrycroft and Gunns Wood Wick Duncansby together with the Ord Archaeological Trail. All facilities Head Fully signed path network with map boards. Network in Lairg with a countryside centre at Ferrycroft. provides access for walkers throughout, with horse and all ability access at Newtonhill Community Woodland. All facilities within town with all routes no more than a 3 5 maximum of 45min walk from town centre. Routes Achvarasdal interpretation 11 cover mixture of sites of historic interest – e.g. Castle 4 of Old Wick, Wick Harbour and Lower Pulteneytown. 2 The old town coup at Newton hill has been 6 transformed into a Community Woodland with a nature interpretive trail, 1 all-ability routes, bridlepath, picnic Lairg woods 10 benches and 7 viewpoint. There is a Historylinks Trail Paths Around 9 Leaflet path leading from the Foxgloves 8 11 The North West town together with A visit to the far North West is well worth the effort ample parking at the with miles of deserted beaches, moorlands and even a All maps©Crown copyright, The Highland Council 100023369 2005 site. Newtonhill Community Woodland Paths Around interpretation dramatic cave to explore. The adventurous walker is 6 Loch More Paths Around well catered for with an abundance of routes through Forsinain (the peatlands trail). Fully signed route 8 this enchanted landscape of sweeping bays, rugged Dornoch cliffs, crofting settlements and moorland. Most facilities following forestry and estate tracks, crossing some of the For a walking network with a touch of history try the Paths Around wildest and remote countryside in the far North. Suitable are in Durness, with sign posted routes and an ‘Historylinks Trail’ which provides a pleasing mixture accompanying trails booklet which you can find in the 3 Dunnet for equipped walkers, of town and country with a history lesson thrown in. A cyclists and horse riders. local tourist information office. Mixture of beach access, coastal access and Dunnet series of illustrated plaques and a trail leaflet will help There are map boards at Forest together with specialised access interest to bird keep you on the right track. strategic locations. The hides. Walkers catered for extensively with all ability area offers a through access route within Dunnet Forest and open areas for route of approx. 16.5 walking such as Dunnet beach and Dunnet Head. Most miles or a circular route routes are signed with accessibility features such as of the same approximate replacement of stiles with kissing gates and wheel chair distance from Loch More. viewpoint over Dunnet beach. There is also easy horse Horseriding at Loch More access to Dunnet Beach. Beach at Durness Dornoch.
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