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Turquoise sea loch curves between rocky hills and a pebbled shoreline
Ross and Cromarty

Gruinard Bay Viewpoint

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Pull in at the viewpoint above Gruinard Bay.

The view runs out to Gruinard Island, which was closed for nearly fifty years after wartime weapons trials.

A short drive awayMellon UdrigleA hamlet in Wester Ross at the end of a single-track road from Laide, with a white-sand beach.8 min by roadSee itSandy dunes frame a beach with distant hills across calm blue water
Close by
  1. Sandy bay curves between rocky hills, tide out and turquoise water belowGruinard Bay2 miles3 min by road
  2. Mellon Udrigle's white sand and turquoise water beyond a rocky shore, low hills and distant peaks on the horizon.Mellon Udrigle Beach6 miles10 min by road
  3. The terraced walled garden at Inverewe, curving beds running down towards the loch and hills.Inverewe Garden11 miles15 min by road
  4. A climber stands atop a jagged rock pinnacle above a glen and lochAn TeallachThe Forge, a jagged mountain of red sandstone above Little Loch Broom, whose ridge of pinnacles is one of the great scrambles in Britain.12 miles15 min by road
  5. White cottage below a Highland loch flanked by autumn hillsLoch Maree ViewpointA large car park by Loch Maree, with a way down to the water.13 miles17 min by road
Directions
Sandy dunes frame a beach with distant hills across calm blue waterAttractionsMellon Udrigle6.1 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near Gruinard Bay Viewpoint, and when each is next free.

Fjell, Wester RossFjell
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Ross and Cromarty
  • 13 miles from Gruinard Bay Viewpoint
Free 12–14 NovThe timber-clad house's cantilevered corner overlooks a loch framed by hills, bare trees in the foreground.Fjord
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Ross and Cromarty
  • 13 miles from Gruinard Bay Viewpoint
Free 16–18 OctPlaces to stayEvery stay in Ross and CromartyAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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