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Inside the Cairn shop, shelves of candles round a round table.
Cairngorms

Cairn Candle Co

The candlemakers of the Cairngorms, on Grantown-on-Spey's High Street: soy candles with Scottish scents, plastic-free.

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Welcome

Cairn is a candle maker on the High Street of Grantown-on-Spey, calling itself the candlemakers of the Cairngorms, and its shop is a warm, fragrant room of wooden shelves, candles and reed diffusers.

The candles are made in the traditional way from sustainable soy wax, free of paraffin, with cotton wicks for a clean burn, and they are cruelty-free.

The scents take their lead from Scotland: the Cairngorm Collection, a Lochnagar candle, Highland Berries and Caledonia Fruits among them, alongside utility tins, long matches and gifts. Everything is plastic-free, with recyclable and biodegradable packaging, and for every candle sold the company plants a tree in sub-Saharan Africa through Trees for the Future, more than seventy-six thousand so far. The shop opens Tuesday to Saturday, until 4pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and until 2pm later in the week, and it is closed on Sunday and Monday.

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Before you go

The shop opens Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 4pm, and Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 2pm; closed on Sunday and Monday.

Candles are also sold online.

Hours
Tue and Wed 10:00 to 16:00; Thu to Sat 10:00 to 14:00; closed Sun and Mon.
Where
66 to 68 High Street, Grantown-on-Spey, PH26 3EH.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10am–4pm
Wednesday
10am–4pm
Thursday
10am–2pm
Friday
10am–2pm
Saturday
10am–2pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

66 to 68 High Street, Grantown-on-Spey.

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  5. Angus Grant ArtAngus Grant ArtThe studio of the artist Angus Grant in the Cairngorms, whose work is inspired by the lochs and mountains around it.Under a mile 1 min by road
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West Dell, a whitewashed stone cottage with a red door and a slate roof, in low winter sun.Nethy BridgeWest DellSleeps 6 · 6.4 miles
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East Dell in spring sunshine, a low stone cottage with a red door and a mossy roof beside its garden and an old oak.Nethy BridgeEast DellSleeps 5 · 6.4 miles

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East Dell in spring sunshine, a low stone cottage with a red door and a mossy roof beside its garden and an old oak.East Dell
  • Sleeps 5
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Cairn
Check datesA wooden gate in a picket fence opens onto Little Dell's green garden, with cow parsley and a wooden bench beyond.Little Dell
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Cairn
Check datesWest Dell, a whitewashed stone cottage with a red door and a slate roof, in low winter sun.West Dell
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Cairn
Check datesSouth Dell, a white cottage with a stone gable and a slate roof, its sunny lawn edged by big trees.South Dell
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Nethy Bridge
  • 5 miles from Cairn
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