Skye and Lochalsh, Broadford

#2 among attractions in Broadford

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Skye and Lochalsh is one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region of Scotland. The main offices of the Skye and Lochalsh district council were in Portree, on the Isle of Skye. ()

Coordinates: 57°13'0"N, 5°52'60"W

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Broadford United Kingdom

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Skye and Lochalsh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cill Chriosd, Skye Bridge, Broadford Parish Church, Dunscaith Castle.

2.4 miW
Church
Cill Chriosd, Isle of Skye
62 min walk • Cill Chriosd or Kilchrist is a ruined former parish church of Strath, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It was constructed around the 16th century, replacing an earlier medieval church on the same location, and was used until 1840 when the parish church was relocated to Broadford. It lies on the B8083 Broadford to Torrin and Elgol road.
6.7 miNE
Bridge
Skye Bridge, Isle of Skye
171 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.
1.9 miNW
Church
Broadford Parish Church, Isle of Skye
50 min walk • Broadford Parish Church, Skye is a parish church in the Church of Scotland in Broadford, Skye.
6.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Dunscaith Castle, Armadale
167 min walk • Dunscaith Castle also known as Dun Scaich, Dun Sgathaich Castle and Tokavaig, is a ruined castle on the coast of the Isle of Skye, in the north-west of Scotland.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn na Caillich, Broadford
96 min walk • Beinn na Caillich, west of Broadford on the Isle of Skye, is one of the Red Hills, or Red Cuillin. Its name is translated into English as Hill of the Old Woman. It is often referred to locally simply as The Beinn.
5.6 miSE
57°8'53"N • 5°48'17"W
Talla Duisdale Events, Isle of Skye
143 min walk • City hall
4.8 miW
Archaeological site
High Pasture Cave, Isle of Skye
122 min walk • High Pasture Cave is an archaeological site on the island of Skye, Scotland. Human presence is documented since the Mesolithic, and remains, including Iron Age structures, point to ritual veneration of either the landscape or deities associated with the place.
4.3 miN
Island
Pabay
110 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.
6.9 miNE
Small island with a lighthouse
Eilean Bàn
175 min walk • 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.
5.8 miSE
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Té Bheag, Isle of Skye
149 min walk • Té Bheag is a blended whisky made by Pràban na Linne Ltd. It is one of Sir Iain Noble's Gaelic Whisky range, which has its headquarters at Eilean Iarmain on the Isle of Skye.
6.1 miSE
Island
Ornsay
155 min walk • Ornsay is a small tidal island to the east of the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.