Isle of Skye

40 Coast and Country Walks

Also includes walks on Raasay

The Isle of Skye (or An t-Eilean Sgitheanach in its native Gaelic tongue) occupies an almost mythical place in the minds of many Scots. Romantic castles, magnificent seascapes, the alpine peaks of the Cuillin Ridge and scattered white crofters’ cottages, the island has all these and more.

This book features 40 moderate walks on Skye and neighbouring Raasay that take in many celebrated classics but reveals hidden gems too. Written by Skye residents Paul and Helen Webster, these routes explore both the wild and gentler sides of this dramatic landscape.

Walks Include

Trotternish

• Bearreraig Bay
• The Old Man of Storr
• Brothers' Point
• Lealt and Loch Cuithir
• An Corran - the dinosaur beach
• Bioda Buidhe
• The Quiraing
• Rubha Hunish
• The Cave of Gold
• Hugh's Castle

Dunvegan and Northwest Skye

• Waternish Point
• The Cliffs of Score Horan
• Claigan Coral Beaches
• The Two Churches Walk
• Neist Point Lighthouse
• Oronsay Island

Central Skye

• Scorrybreac Circuit
• Coille Iosal and the Braes
• An Aird Peninsula
• Talisker Bay
• The Fairy Pools
• Coire Lagan and the Eas Mor

Broadford and Southern Skye

• Skye Marble Line
• Rubha Ardnish
• Dun Ringill
• Loch Coruisk
• Prince Charlie's Cave
• The Clearance Villages
• Kyleakin and Caisteal Maol
• Kylerhea Otter Hide
• Kinloch Forest and Leitir Fura
• Dun Scaith Castle
• Arnadale Woods
• The Point of Sleat

The Isle of Raasay

• Churchton Bay and Raasay Woods
• The Ironstone Mine and the Burma Road
• Hallaig
• Screapadal and Brochel Castle
• Inver Bay and the Sound of Raasay
• Calum's Road, Torran and Fladday