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Amy's Place Tea Room

A purple tea room at Torrin, on the road to Elgol, baking its own cakes with Blà Bheinn across the loch.

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Halfway between Broadford and Elgol, in the scattered crofting village of Torrin, a small timber building painted purple stands by the road, with a teacup-shaped sign on its gable and picnic tables on the gravel outside.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

Across Loch Slapin rises the dark, jagged mass of Blà Bheinn.

Inside there are a handful of round tables with teal chairs, shelves of local crafts and gifts, and a glass counter crowded with whole cakes on stands, from red velvet to a tall tiered cheesecake. Mark and Alison Carter bake everything themselves, and serve homemade soup alongside. The atmosphere is quiet and unhurried. Sit outside if the weather allows, and watch the cloud come and go on the mountain. They keep a collection tin for Lupus UK in Amy's name.

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Before you go

Amy's Place opens for the season from spring.

It bakes for the day, and when the cakes run out it closes, so come earlier rather than later.

Hours
Tuesday to Thursday 10.30am to 4.30pm; Friday 10.30am to 3pm. Closed Saturday to Monday.
Sold out
It opens only when there is stock: if it is closed, the cakes sold out the day before.
Seats
Fourteen inside, and tables outside looking over Loch Slapin.
Where
Torrin, on the road from Broadford to Elgol, 9 miles short of Elgol.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10.30am–4.30pm
Wednesday
10.30am–4.30pm
Thursday
10.30am–4.30pm
Friday
10.30am–3pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed

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A sign reading 'Amy's Place, Tea Room' hangs on the gable of a purple timber building beside wooden picnic tables.
Did you know

Why it is purple.

The tea room is named for Mark and Alison Carter's daughter Amy, who lived with lupus and died in 2018, aged 23. They painted it purple and put the lupus butterfly into its signs in her memory.

A purple timber tea room building with teal-framed windows and a ramp sits beside potted plants and a gravel yard.
Did you know

Once the Blue Shed.

Before it was Amy's Place, the building was the Blue Shed Café. The Carters took it on in 2019, just before the pandemic closed everything.

A glass display counter at Amy's Place Tea Room holds a tiered cheesecake, jars of preserves and other cakes.
Did you know

No baking on Fridays.

Every cake is made on the premises, nothing frozen or bought in. To waste nothing, there is no baking on Fridays, so the week ends with whatever is left.

A small white house sits by a loch beneath the jagged, mist-topped peaks of the Cuillin.
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A beach eight metres up.

Down the loch at Camas Malag, a raised beach of pebbles sits about 8 metres above the sea. It formed 6,500 to 8,500 years ago, when the sea stood higher as the last North American ice melted.

A sheep and lamb graze by a loch beneath the misty Cuillin ridge, a white house visible on the far shore.
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Cracks full of Jurassic sand.

On the shore south of Camas Malag, cracks worn into the old dolostone when it was dry land were later filled with sand and pebbles by a Jurassic sea: a textbook picture of missing time.

Ben Lerwill

From our guide to Skye

Home-baked cakes take their rightful spot as the headline act at this roadside tearoom north of Torrin, where you’ll also find soup, pies and rolls, as well as a deli section, a wide range of teas, and coffee from nearby Skye Roastery.

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Where it is

In Torrin, on the Broadford to Elgol road above Loch Slapin.

Close byThe places nearest the tea room, by road.
  1. Torrin PoolsTorrin PoolsClear pools and small waterfalls on a burn above Loch Slapin, looking across to Blà Bheinn.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. Camasunary BayCamasunary BayA grass-backed beach with a bothy, reached only on foot or by sea.6 miles 8 min by road
  3. A toasted sandwich and salad by the stove at the Coffee Bothy, a slice of cake behind.The Coffee BothyCoffee in Broadford, looking over the bay to Applecross.6 miles 10 min by road
  4. Gasta, BroadfordGasta, BroadfordSimple food made from local produce, in an old mill building in Broadford.6 miles 10 min by road
  5. Waterloo BeachWaterloo BeachA shore of sand, rock and salt marsh on Broadford Bay.7 miles 12 min by road
  6. ElgolElgolA small village near the end of the Strathaird peninsula, looking over Loch Scavaig.9 miles 11 min by road
  7. Spar CaveSpar CaveA hidden sea cave near Elgol, reached only at low tide.10 miles 13 min by road
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A walker on a path above a loch beneath a steep mountain on the Skye Trail.WalksSkye Trail with Thistle Trekking5.7 miles
Rough grass and pools on the shore at Broadford, the bay and hills beyond.AttractionsBroadford5.9 miles
A freestanding bath stands on a decked platform beside a red timber shed, potted plants and a wooden fence surrounding the garden.BroadfordPtarmigan CottageSleeps 2 · 6.7 miles
Coruisk House's white harled exterior shows dormer windows and clustered chimneys against a grey sky.ElgolCoruisk HouseSleeps 4 · 7.8 miles

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