Eas a' Chual Aluinn, North West Highlands Geopark

Name: Eas a' Chual Aluinn
Address: North West Highlands Geopark, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in North West Highlands Geopark

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Waterfall

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Eas a' Chual Aluinn in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, is the highest waterfall in the United Kingdom with a sheer drop of 200 m. When in full flow it is over three times higher than Niagara Falls. ()

Alternative names: Height: 656 ftCoordinates: 58°12'16"N, 4°55'43"W

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North West Highlands Geopark United Kingdom

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Eas a' Chual Aluinn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ardvreck Castle, Conival, Quinag, Ben More Assynt.

3.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Ardvreck Castle, Lochinver
91 min walk • Ardvreck Castle is a ruined castle dating to about 1490 when the lands were owned by the Macleods of Assynt. It stands on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Assynt in Sutherland, Scotland.
5 miS
Mountain
Conival, Assynt
129 min walk • Conival is a Scottish mountain situated in Assynt in the Sutherland area of the Highland Council Area, thirty kilometres north-northeast of Ullapool.
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Quinag
115 min walk • Quinag is an 808 m high mountain range in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milk pail, reflecting its distinctive shape.
5.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ben More Assynt
134 min walk • Ben More Assynt is a mountain in Assynt in the far north-west of Scotland, 30 kilometres north-northeast of Ullapool. The name translates as "big mountain of Assynt", and with a height of 998 metres it is the highest point in Sutherland.
2.7 miNE
Mountain
Beinn Leoid, Assynt
70 min walk • Beinn Leoid is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in Sutherland, east of the village of Kylesku. A very remote mountain, it provides fine views towards the coast from its summit.
4.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Assynt
120 min walk • Loch Assynt is a freshwater loch in Sutherland, Scotland, 8 kilometres east-north east of Lochinver. Situated in a spectacular setting between the heights of Canisp, Quinag and Beinn Uidhe, it receives the outflow from Lochs Awe, Maol a' Choire, and Leitir Easaich.
4.4 miNW
Bridge
Kylesku Bridge
112 min walk • The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in north-west Scotland that crosses the Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland. It is listed as category A, the highest grade.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Eas Creag an Luchda, Scourie
97 min walk • Eas Creag an Luchda is a waterfall of Scotland.