Loch Alsh, Kyleakin

Name: Loch Alsh
Address: Kyleakin, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Kyleakin

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Loch Alsh is a sea inlet between the isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The name is also used to describe the surrounding country and the feudal holdings around the loch. The area is rich in history, and is increasingly popular with tourists. ()

Alternative names: Length: 7.46 miWidth: 8202 ftElevation: 0 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 57°16'12"N, 5°39'36"W

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Kyleakin United Kingdom

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Loch Alsh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skye Bridge, Glenelg Inn, Caisteal Maol, Dun Telve.

3.1 miW
Bridge
Skye Bridge, Isle of Skye
80 min walk • The Skye Bridge is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn. The name is also used for the whole Skye Crossing, which further connects Eilean Bàn to the mainland across the Carrich Viaduct.
4.2 miS
Nightlife, Restaurant
Glenelg Inn, Glenelg
108 min walk • Glenelg Inn is a public house and inn in the village of Glenelg in the Highlands of Scotland. The current building dates to the second half of the 20th century, but remnants of the previous structure — the "imposing" Glenelg Hotel, which was largely destroyed in a 1947 fire — still stand.
2.3 miW
Castle ruins from the 15th century
Caisteal Maol, Isle of Skye
58 min walk • Caisteal Maol is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is also known as Castle Moil, Castle Maol, Dun Akyn, Dunakin Castle Dun Haakon and Castle Dunakin.
5.8 miSE
Ruins, Archaeological site
Dun Telve, Glenelg
147 min walk • Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland.
4.8 miN
Forts and castles
Duncraig Castle, Plockton
123 min walk • Duncraig Castle is a mansion in Lochalsh, in the west of the Scottish Highlands. A category-C listed building, it is situated in the Highland council area, east of the village of Plockton on the south shore of Loch Carron.
5.3 miE
Small island with an iconic castle
Eilean Donan, Dornie
136 min walk • Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs in the western Highlands of Scotland, about 1 kilometre from the village of Dornie.
5.9 miSE
Archaeological site
Dun Troddan, Glenelg
150 min walk • Dun Troddan is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr na Coinnich, Kyleakin
76 min walk • Sgùrr na Coinnich is the highest peak on the Sleat peninsula at the east end of the Isle of Skye. Together with its slightly lower neighbour, Beinn na Caillich, it overlooks the Skye Bridge that links the towns of Kyle of Lochalsh and Kyleakin.
4 miS
Forts and castles
Bernera Barracks, Glenelg
103 min walk • Bernera Barracks is located in Glenelg in the West Highlands of Scotland. The barracks were constructed between 1717 and 1723 as part of a campaign by the British government to subdue the local population which had risen up in arms in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and which would do so again in 1745.
4.5 miE
Archaeological site
Caisteal Grugaig
116 min walk • Caisteal Grugaig is an Iron Age broch near the eastern end of Loch Alsh in the Scottish Highlands.
2.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn na Caillich, Kyleakin
60 min walk • Beinn na Caillich is a mountain at the eastern end of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. It is situated to the west of Kyle Rhea, about 4 km south-east of Kyleakin.