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Forests of the Far North Guide Revised March 2015 Layout 1 24/03/2015 12:37 Page 1 Forests of the Far North_Guide_Revised_March 2015_Layout 1 24/03/2015 12:37 Page 1 © Crown Copyright 2015 Copyright Crown © www.travelinescotland.com Traveline Scotland, 0870 200233 or or 200233 0870 Scotland, Traveline Scotland land Scotland ¼ mile / 0.5 km. ¼ hour ¼ km. 0.5 / mile ¼ (Black) 1¼ miles / 2.1 km. Allow 1 hour 1 Allow km. 2.1 / miles 1¼ 1½ miles / 2.4 km. Allow 1 hour 1 Allow km. 2.4 / miles 1½ (Blue) (Green) on Forestry Commission Forestry on For information on public transport services contact: services transport public on information For Shin Falls Salmon Leap: Salmon Falls Shin Ord Hill trail: Hill Ord Please note: This trail is not is trail This note: Please Broch trail: Broch Front cover image: Photography by: Forestry Commission Picture LibraryDesigned & Graeme by: DesignFindlay. & Interpretative Services, Forestry Commission Scotland K.Allander.March- D&IS.20 2015.Edition 3. ¾ mile / 1.2 km. Allow ½ hour ½ Allow km. 1.2 / mile ¾ (Red) White dots show link to forest road network road forest to link show dots White Grade Waymarked Trail Waymarked E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Little Loch Shin trail: Shin Loch Little Tel: 0300 067 5046 067 0300 Tel: 1 mile / 1.6 km. Allow ¾ hour ¾ Allow km. 1.6 / mile 1 (Green) The Kyle of Sutherland & Ben More Assynt by Assynt More & Ben Sutherland Kyle of The Longer forest loop: forest Longer The Diversity Team Team Diversity The Grade Waymarked Trails Waymarked please contact: contact: please 1 mile / 1.4 km. Allow ½ hour ½ Allow km. 1.4 / mile 1 (Yellow) Pond trail: Pond large print or in another language, another in or print large a great little loop to walk the dog. the walk to loop little great a alternative format, for example, in example, for format, alternative and autumn. You may even spot an otter if you are lucky. are you if otter an spot even may You autumn. and ½ mile / 1.0 km. Allow ½ hour ½ Allow km. 1.0 / mile ½ (Blue) trail through mixed woodland is is woodland mixed through trail forest flowers in the spring and leaping salmon during summer during salmon leaping and spring the in flowers forest Riverside trail: Riverside If you need this publication in an in publication this need you If Mr Gunn in 1846 this sheltered sheltered this 1846 in Gunn Mr at any time of year, but look out for out look but year, of time any at Named after a local forester forester local a after Named Graeme Findlay. Allow ¼ hour ¼ Allow The Falls themselves are beautiful beautiful are themselves Falls The ¼ mile / 0.4 km km 0.4 / mile ¼ Also near Lairg is Gunn’s Wood. Gunn’s is Lairg near Also (Red) E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Short forest loop: forest Short Tel: 01466 794161 794161 01466 Tel: Gunn’s Wood Gunn’s home to the rare aspen hoverfly. aspen rare the to home Moray & Aberdeenshire Forest District Forest Aberdeenshire & Moray 3 shimmering of the aspen trees, trees, aspen the of shimmering Grade Waymarked Trails Waymarked 150m E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: demonstrations. Look out for the for out Look demonstrations. Klibreck from the top of the hill. hill. the of top the from Klibreck Tel: 01463 791575 791575 01463 Tel: area, where we hold events and events hold we where area, Inverness, Ross & Skye Forest District District Forest Skye & Ross Inverness, 2 Take in the views north to Ben to north views the in Take You’ll pass our green woodwork woodwork green our pass You’ll map Location cairns and field clearance heaps. clearance field and cairns contact These areas are great for wildlife. for great are areas These please please banks, burnt mounds, burial mounds, burnt banks, the native riverside woodlands. woodlands. riverside native the Ferry Wood Ferry areas the remains of hut circles, ancient circles, hut of remains the The blue trail takes you through through you takes trail blue The surrounding huge stone cairn. You also pass also You cairn. stone huge and and to work up more of an appetite! an of more up work to right past the main feature - a - feature main the past right Highlands the towering spruce trees if you want you if trees spruce towering the Ferrycroft Centre the path goes path the Centre Ferrycroft Northern Follow the longer green trail through trail green longer the Follow Ord Hill: Ord Starting from the from Starting the rest of the of rest the for wheelchairs and pushchairs. and wheelchairs for Scotland in Scotland for wheelchairs and pushchairs. and wheelchairs for opens the forest to all, and is suitable is and all, to forest the opens Commission Loch Shin. Both trails are suitable are trails Both Shin. Loch From here, a short easy access route access easy short a here, From from Forestry from pond and sculpture and wanders along the west bank of Little of bank west the along wanders and sculpture and pond shop, cafe and toilet facilities. facilities. toilet and cafe shop, available electric station. The Little Loch Shin trail passes a dragonfly a passes trail Shin Loch Little The station. electric centre, which has a well stocked well a has which centre, on what’s on holds back 23 mile long Loch Shin to power the nearby hydro nearby the power to Shin Loch long mile 23 back holds forest from the Falls of Shin visitor Shin of Falls the from forest information broch site and get some great views of the Shin dam. The dam The dam. Shin the of views great some get and site broch Achany: Achany: Start your visit to Achany to visit your Start For For Ferry Wood: Ferry Follow the broch trail to visit the 2000 year old year 2000 the visit to trail broch the Follow Public enquiry line 0845 FORESTS (367 3787) (367 FORESTS 0845 line enquiry Public Ord Hill Ord Web: www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland Web: Far North Far E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Discover Follow us on: us Follow Tel: 01408 634063 01408 Tel: and Business Park, Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6UB. 6UB. KW10 Sutherland, Golspie, Park, Business Enjoy , The Links, Golspie Links, The , North Highland Forest District Forest Highland North The Forests of the of Forests The Explore Contact Contact 1 Forestry Commission Scotland, Scotland, Commission Forestry Achany Ferry Wood & Ord Hill Ord & Wood Ferry 7 8 - Falls of Shin of Falls - Highlands Highlands Northern Northern Welcome... 1 Rosal 2 Borgie 3 Borgie Glen 4 Rumster 5 Sibster Rosal: Step back in time at Rosal, a deserted township in Borgie: Planted in the 1920s this was one of the first forests Borgie Glen: Climb the steep Lonesome Pine Trail to meet Strathnaver. Over seventy ruined buildings sit quietly on the in Scotland planted by the Forestry Commission, some of the ‘The Unknown’ sculpture and look out over Borgie Forest with Rumster: Originally crofting ground, which was planted as A local school group hillside overlooking Ben Loyal and the empty, open lands of original trees are still standing and can be viewed from the trail. good views of Ben Loyal and Ben Hope to the west. Look out a commercial timber crop in the 1940s, this forest is picking bog cotton central Sutherland. Rosal was one of many highland The red trail runs along the River Borgie, one of Scotland’s most for the totem pole and the unusual picnic tables as well! gradually changing. There are fine views over the North Sea Sibster: A new broadleaf woodland on the site of an old communities torn apart by the Sutherland Clearances some famous salmon rivers. There are lovely views towards the coast. As the forest has been Caithness farm. We planted 350,000 trees here in 2010 and the Pearl-bordered fritillary 200 years ago. This atmospheric place centre of the forest. At the first car park lies a’chraobh. opened up we have exposed alder, beech, birch, oak and rowan are slowly growing into a To A836 and 00.25km stands as a memorial to the folk who Location map This spiral feature and viewpoint was designed and Borgie Bridge many of the archaeological sheltered haven for wildlife and for visitors. Watch out for 0 1/8 ml ...to the forests of the far north. From lived here before the arrival of large created by the local community. We are working 90m remains, look out for long brightly-coloured wildflowers, insects and birds amongst the Syre young trees. heart pumping hikes to easy access routes, scale sheep farming changed the local with the North Sutherland Community Forestry houses and brochs. Keep your way of life for ever. Trust to develop recreational facilities in the forest. eyes open for the local There are two gentle trails through the young woodland and B 8 71 buzzards and roe deer. there is something for everyone to enjoy. 73 meadows, with wide open views across the Caithness 8 B landscape. You can even get to Sibster by train - there's a direct As well as a great selection of woodland trails, you l 00.25km l i path into the forest from the station at Georgemas Junction. h 60m 80m Rosal y 0 1/8 ml Totem can go wild on the natural play features at Camore, t 90m t Pole * River Naver e B lose yourself on our orienteering courses or stride 42 o 130m T * The 6 Newtonhill out on the Scotsburn to Strathrory drove road. Unknown Our forests aren’t only about trees, so get near to nature 68 120m Rosal 100m with some of Scotland’s finest © Crown copyright and database right 110m Souterrain [2014].
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