Eilean Bàn

#5614 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Eilean Bàn is a six-acre island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. The Skye Bridge uses the island as a stepping-stone as it crosses the mouth of Loch Alsh from the mainland to Skye. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°16'45"N, 5°44'26"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Eilean Bàn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skye Bridge, Glenelg Inn, Caisteal Maol, Duncraig Castle.

~1080 ftSW
Bridge
Skye Bridge, Isle of Skye
6 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.
6.4 miSE
Nightlife, Restaurant
Glenelg Inn, Glenelg
163 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.
0.9 miSE
Castle ruins from the 15th century
Caisteal Maol, Isle of Skye
23 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.
5.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Duncraig Castle, Plockton
146 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.
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr na Coinnich, Kyleakin
81 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.
6.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Bernera Barracks, Glenelg
160 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.
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn na Caillich, Kyleakin
77 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.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Achaidh na h-Inich
121 min walk • Loch Achaidh na h-Inich is a freshwater loch in Scotland, located around 3 kilometres south-south-east of Plockton, 2 kilometres east of Duirinish, 2 km north-north-east of Balmacara, and half a kilometre south-east of Loch Lundie.
6 miNW
Island
Eilean Meadhonach
153 min walk • Eilean Meadhonach is the second largest of the Crowlin Islands, located in the Inner Sound off the island of Skye, Scotland. It is situated immediately to the west of Eilean Mòr, and to the north is Eilean Beag, both of which it is connected to at low tide.
4.5 miW
Island
Pabay
114 min walk • Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of Skye. The name Pabay is derived from an old Norse word meaning "priest's isle" and there are the remains of a 13th-century chapel.
3.1 miE
Sea inlet with numerous flame shells
Loch Alsh, Kyleakin
79 min walk • 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.