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.
It now draws artists and photographers from all over the world, and those who seek something different, something less packaged.
A National Trust 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.
- Recent News
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- Digital TV Switchover
- We now have detailed information on dates and channels for the switchover from analogue to digital television broadcast.
- On Wednesday 14 July 2010, BBC2 analogue is switched off. You will need to re-tune your digital equipment to pick up the available channels. Then all four BBC Freeview channels will have good reception, others will be variable.
- On Wednesday 28 July 2010, the remaining analogue channels are switched off. You will need to re-tune your digital equipment again to pick up additional channels. All of the sixteen channels will then have good reception.
- Currently, it appears that we will only have sixteen Freeview channels. Duncraig is a relay transmitter, taking its signal from Skriaig in Skye, a main transmitter. Main transmitters will be upgraded to broadcast all (50+) Freeview channels. Relay transmitters will only be partially upgraded to receive a subset.
- These sixteen are, currently, BBC1, 2, 3, 4, STV, ITV2, ITV2+1 (not 3 and 4), Channel 4 (and +1), Five, E4, More4, CBBC, Cbeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament. And all the BBC radio channels.
- Sky users will be unaffected by this.
- More information is at www.digitaluk.co.uk.
- The Plockton Web plans to have a separate page for digital changeover, along the lines of our broadband page. This will bring together the latest news and advice on upgrading multiple TV installations (eg, bed and breakfasts).
- Plockton & District Tourist Association
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- AGM 2010
- The Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 18 January 2010 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. We urge as many members as possible to attend.
- New members
- If you are involved in tourist related activity in the Plockton area and you are reading this, why have you not joined? This website had 3794 visitors (excluding search robots) in the month of October. To find out about the benefits of joining the Plockton Web, contact Martin.
