📌 Brora, Highland
★★★★
The coastline between Brora and Golspie offers up one of the most varied coastal walks you can find in Scotland, taking you across fine sandy beaches (with seals if you’re lucky) and past a 2,000 year old broch on the way to the 189 rooms of Dunrobin Castle, one of the UK’s most amazing houses. Beautiful woodland follows, taking you to Golspie where there’s further opportunity for refreshment and a train back to the start. With so much to see including the castle, allow a full day. Check train times before you go, as well as tide times: Brora’s beaches look better at low tide, when you’ve also a better chance of seeing seals.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start at Brora railway station
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NC 907041
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.012737,-3.852464
🏁 Finish at Golspie railway station
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 826998
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.971295,-3.987242
🚆🚌 Brora (walk start) / Golspie (walk finish)
🚗 Car park (walk finish) – take a train or bus to the start (infrequent – check times in advance)
📝 Key info
▶ 12 km / 7 mi | ▲ 200 m | ⌛ 3-3.5 hr | ⚠️ Linear route
Features: 🏠 Brora & beach; ⭕ Carn Liath ★★★; 🏰 Dunrobin Castle ★★★★★; 🏠 Golspie
⬤ Easy | Mostly good coast paths (or sandy beach at start, depending on tide), affected by coastal erosion in places. Forest paths and tracks through Dunrobin Castle grounds.
Download file for GPS➡️ Westbound linear walk: start & Brora – Brora west beach – Carn Liath – Dunrobin Castle – Tower Lodge via Dunrobin Castle grounds – Golspie & station
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Dozens of seals on the beach near Brora; cows grazing freely near the broch; wild peregrine falcon at Dunrobin Castle alongside the bird of prey display!
Weather: Spectacular improvement from cool, overcast conditions at the start, to unbroken sunshine and temperatures well into the 20s by Dunrobin Castle.
August 2013
