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Gorges from Kylesku to Golspie.

Sutherland's waterfalls come in every size, and most are only a short walk from the road. Above Kylesku, the Wailing Widow pours about 30 metres from a hill loch into a deep gorge by the A894. On the Stoer peninsula, a fall of about fifteen metres drops through a mossy gorge above Clashnessie. Near Lairg, salmon leap the Falls of Shin in summer, and at Golspie a path climbs a wooded gorge over a string of wooden footbridges. Go a day or two after rain, when they are at their fullest.

Golspie Burn Waterfall & Gorge→
Wailing Widow Falls→
Clashnessie Falls→
Falls of Shin→
Waterfall of the day18 hours ago

Clashnessie Falls.

A waterfall dropping about fifteen metres through a rocky, mossy gorge above Clashnessie on the Stoer peninsula, reached by a short, boggy walk from the bay.

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From the magazine16 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 03Issue 03Winter 2021

The photographer Richard Gaston walked 240 miles from Fort William to Cape Wrath, the north-west tip of mainland Britain, and found his moment of euphoria at Sandwood Bay.

The self-sufficient walk took more than two and a half weeks and is regarded as one of the most challenging long-distance walks in the country. Rain lashed the glens of Knoydart, but there were rewards too, from morning sun lighting Eas a' Chual Aluinn, the highest waterfall in the UK, to mist over Loch Stack at sunrise. The days settled into a rhythm of 13 miles, with green tea and porridge every morning. Then, eight miles from the end, came Sandwood Bay, with Atlantic waves on its mile-long white sands. As he says, 'waking up and going to sleep in the elements for days on end allowed a connection to the land I hadn’t experienced before'.

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Waterfalls14 hours ago

Wailing Widow Falls.

A waterfall pouring about 30 metres from Loch na Gainmhich into a deep gorge beside the A894 above Kylesku, seen from the gorge below or from the loch above.

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Did you know7 hours ago

Eas a' Chual Aluinn, near Kylesku in Sutherland, is the highest waterfall in the UK, with a sheer drop of 200 metres.

Eas a' Chual Aluinn is Gaelic for 'waterfall of the beautiful tresses', and Countryfile reckons it is three to four times the height of Niagara Falls. It takes some effort to reach. The walk is a 10-kilometre out-and-back from the A894 between Kylesku and Lochinver, and takes four to six hours depending on conditions. The easier way is a boat trip of about 75 minutes from Kylesku. The second and third highest falls are in the Highlands too: Steall Falls in Glen Nevis, at 120 metres, and the Falls of Glomach in Ross-shire, at 113.

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Somewhere to go5 hours ago

Golspie Burn Waterfall & Gorge, Sutherland.

A short walk up a wooded gorge at Golspie, over a string of wooden footbridges above the burn, to a waterfall, with spring flowers in May and June.

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From the magazine1 hour ago

Graeme Johncock, a writer who travels Scotland for Hidden Scotland's Around Scotland column, reached the Wailing Widow Falls, near Kylesku in Sutherland, by a rough trek over rocks and through mud.

The falls were the final stop on a trip through the far north-west of Scotland, and as Graeme puts it, 'Our last stop took a little more effort than the usual leisurely walk from a car park'. The trek ran along a gorge to the enormous waterfall, which crashes down from Loch na Gainmhich high above. Earlier that day he had wound his way past the mountains Suilven and Stac Pollaidh, with hardly a soul to be seen, and at Achnahaird beach a curious seal kept a wary eye on him from the waves. The falls made an impressive end to the day, and for Graeme they showed that Scotland has incredible surprises even in its furthest corners.

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Falls of Shin.

A waterfall on the River Shin near Lairg where salmon leap in summer, with woodland walks, a play park and a cafe.

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