Welcome to Plockton . . .
. . . in the North West Highlands of Scotland, an untamed land of sea and loch, mountain and glen, magnificent in its grandeur and remote tranquility . . .
. . . and on the western seaboard, our village of Plockton, in an incomparable location on a sheltered bay of Loch Carron, surrounded by a bowl of hills.
This peaceful Highland community in the Gaelic heartland was once based on fishing and crofting but now draws artists and photographers from all over the world, and visitors who seek something different, something less packaged.
A National Trust for Scotland conservation village, Plockton has carefully preserved its heritage, while offering outstanding hospitality in its hotels and bed & breakfasts.
We hope this site will give you a taste of what we have, but nothing can do more justice to our village than seeing it in person. We look forward to your visit.
- Plockton News
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- Rockfall on the A890
- Summary: 24 January 2012
- The A890 Strome Bypass road has been closed by rockfall, between Stromeferry (South Strome) and Attadale, since 22 December.
- This has caused major inconvenience for communities on the north side of Loch Carron and beyond. Travel to the Lochalsh area, including Plockton and Kyle of Lochalsh, from the North and from the A890 from Inverness (the top road via Achnasheen) is disrupted.
- The rail service is operating as normal, with an extra early-morning service. Details here.
- Road access to Lochalsh and Plockton via the A87, and from Inverness, the A82/87 (the bottom road via Invermoriston) is uninterrupted.
- A small passenger ferry and a limited car ferry are operating across the Strome Narrows, weather permitting.
- Important Update: Thursday 12 January from Highland Council
- We really cannot stress too much that capacity on the ferry service is very limited and the advice remains that everything except local priority traffic should continue to use the A87/A82. For this reason, the "Road Ahead Closed" sign at Auchtertyre will remain in place even once the ferry is operating.
- Update: Thursday 24 January from Highland Council
- TRAC Engineering Ltd to carry out stabilisation works . . .confident to have made sufficient progress to enable the Council to partially reopen the road on 17 February . . envisaged that works will be complete by 17 March when the road will be fully opened to traffic.
- Full details here — including the bulletins from the Council and the ferry timetables.
- Plockton Historical Society
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- Visitor Centre
- The National Trust for Scotland, in collaboration with the Plockton Historical Society, has completed the development of a new Visitor Centre at the main car park in Plockton.
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- Visit the Historical Society pages for more information and to view the display panels and archive content.
