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The wood-burning stove and menu board in the yurt.
Isle of Skye

YURTea&Coffee

A pop-up café in a yurt at the Skyeskyns tannery in Waternish, with a stove, sheepskins, coffee and Skye baking.

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YURTea&Coffee is a seasonal pop-up café in a yurt at Skyeskyns, the working sheepskin tannery on the Waternish peninsula in the north-west of Skye.

Inside the round tent there is a wood-burning stove for cooler days and seats softened with sheepskins, and outside there are picnic benches looking out across Waternish.

It serves coffee, leaf teas and Skye baking, with homemade soup, quiche and cakes, rhubarb and custard sponge among them. Afterwards you can wander next door into the Skyeskyns showroom and tannery, where the handmade sheepskin rugs and accessories are made on site, and see how the work is done. In the 2026 season the yurt opens seven days a week from 10am to half past four, and it makes a warm, easy stop by Stein or on the way out to Trumpan.

Close byThe Stein Inn BarThought to be Skye's oldest inn, on the shore of Loch Bay in Waternish, with a panelled bar, a fire and around 130 malts.1 min by roadSee itThe wood-panelled bar.
Before you go

In the 2026 season the yurt opens seven days a week, 10am to 4.30pm.

It stands beside the Skyeskyns showroom and tannery.

Hours
Daily 10:00 to 16:30 (2026 season).
Where
Skyeskyns, Waternish, IV55 8GD.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–4.30pm
Tuesday
10am–4.30pm
Wednesday
10am–4.30pm
Thursday
10am–4.30pm
Friday
10am–4.30pm
Saturday
10am–4.30pm
Sunday
10am–4.30pm
Where it is

Skyeskyns, Waternish, north-west Skye.

Close byIn Waternish.
  1. SkyeskynsSkyeskynsScotland's last commercial sheepskin tannery, on a croft at Lochbay on Waternish, open for free tours all year.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. Waternish FarmWaternish FarmA working farm near Stein, farmed for corncrakes and wildflowers, with coffee, cake and a guided walk.Under a mile2 min by road
  3. Seabirds circle a steep sea stack rising from choppy dark waterSt KildaDay trips by boat from Skye to St Kilda - the last outpost of north-west Europe lying 85 miles west of Skye.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. Skio PotterySkio PotteryA two-potter studio on the Waternish peninsula, looking over Loch Bay, with a croft box that never shuts.1 mile2 min by road
  5. The church ruin inside its walled graveyard.Trumpan ChurchA roofless medieval church on a headland in Waternish, looking over the Minch, burned in the clan feud of 1578.4 miles5 min by road
Directions
The wood-panelled bar.BarsThe Stein Inn Bar0.4 miles
Two walkers cross a curved white sand beach beside green coastal hillsAttractionsCoral Beach2.7 miles over the water
The Fairy Bridge on Skye: a low stone arch of dark rock carrying the road over a shallow burn, moorland and blue sky beyond.WalksFairy Bridge4.0 miles
Purple honesty box with "Homemade Scottish Tablet" sign beside a fenced hillside pathShoppingDonnie's Tablet Shed4.5 miles
Ruined stone castle walls stand roofless on a grassy clifftop above the seaWalksWaternish Point4.5 miles
The Dunvegan, DunveganIsle of SkyeThe DunveganPlace to stay · 7.5 miles
Shelves of books under a sloping ceiling at Waystone Books, a window seat by the window.ShoppingWaystone Books7.6 miles
Whitewashed thatched cottage with a "Regiant Angus Skye Museum" sign outsideAttractionsGiant MacAskill Museum7.6 miles
Dunvegan Bakery and its garden.CafeDunvegan Bakery & Coffee Shop8.0 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the yurt, and when each is next free.

The Dunvegan, DunveganThe Dunvegan
  • To stay
  • In the Isle of Skye
  • 6 miles from the yurt
Check datesAn aerial view shows a white and timber-clad house set among autumn trees above a bay dotted with small islands.Lochview
  • Sleeps 4
  • In the Isle of Skye
  • 6 miles from the yurt
Check datesA white bungalow with a glazed gable end sits before an autumn hillside, a wooden bench on the lawn in front.Tigh an Tobair
  • Sleeps 8
  • In South Clunes
  • 6 miles from the yurt
Check datesWhitewashed cottage with grey slate roof behind a pale blue picket fenceThe Three Chimneys
  • To stay
  • In Colbost
  • 6 miles from the yurt
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