Slains Castle is a large imposing ruin fronting directly onto south-east facing cliffs about a kilometre east of Cruden Bay. You can walk to it from a car park in the village itself, or from another ...

The gaunt ruins of Castle Tioram stand on the tidal island of Eilean Tioram near the point at which the River Shiel flows into Loch Moidart. It is reached along a little over two miles of narrow and ...

Standing in the pretty village of Dalmeny and close to South Queensferry and the Forth bridges is Dalmeny Kirk, which serves the parish of Dalmeny and Queensferry and is dedicated to St Cuthbert.

Castles you can only reach on foot have a particular attraction in today's car-dependant world. And castles on islands also have have a special character. The mighty tower house of Threave Castle is ...

Blackness Castle looks across the River Forth to the naval dockyards of Rosyth, and along it to the Forth rail and two road bridges. The castle is first mentioned in 1449, although there was a port at ...

With the chasm of the Burn of Care on one side and that of the Burn of Sorrow on the other, Castle Campbell, originally called Castle Gloom, sounds like something out of a horror movie or a fantasy ...

Wherever you turn in Scotland you come across signs of an incredibly complex and remarkably violent history. It might be one of the 2700 castles built in an often vain attempt to defend land, property ...

Loch Lomond Shores opened its doors in 2002 and has since succeeded in providing a focal point for visitors to the southern end of Loch Lomond. It lies just to the north of Balloch on the shores, as ...

Most cities would be very happy to have a skyline as distinctive as Stirling's. It is home to two world famous landmarks, each in its own way is a reminder of Scotland's long and often bloody history.

As the B842 wends its way up the east coast of the Kintyre peninsula from Campbeltown to Carradale, an especially sharp twist and a steep descent bring you down into the tiny hamlet of Saddell. A ...

In 2016 the MV Coruisk, the ferry mainly shown on this page, was controversially moved to support another of CalMac's services and replaced on this route. We will update this page as soon as possible.

Two miles east of North Berwick is a rocky headland surrounded by cliffs offering stunning views north to the sea-bird colony on Bass Rock. Anywhere else, Bass Rock would dominate the attention, but ...