📌 Oldshoremore, Highland
★★★
The access road to Oldshoremore isn’t promising: taking you past the decidedly functional fishing port at Kinlochbervie, litter and the shell of a burnt-out house lining the way on our visit. Luckily the coastline beyond soon reverts to the beauty you come to expect in the Northwest Highlands. Oldshoremore is just the start point for a trio of stunning, sandy beaches: each wilder and more remote than the last, and each separated by headlands fully exposed to the fury of the Atlantic Ocean on a stormy day. There are at least 4 car parks on the circuit. The one listed below is the quickest to reach by car for non-locals, but setting off from Blairmore instead would split up the road walking – this car park is also the launchpad for expeditions to Sandwood Bay.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish near minor road end, Am Meallan beach, 0.5 mi west of Oldshoremore
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NC 203585
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.477415,-5.082913
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 8 km / 5 mi | ▲ 170 m | ⌛ 2.5-3 hr
Features: 🏖️ Am Meallan (Oldshoremore) ★★★★; 🏖️ Bàgh a’ Phòllain ★★★; 🏖️ Bàgh Sheigra
⬤ Moderate | Sandy beaches with rough, intermittent path connecting them. Minor road return (alternatively, retrace outward route).
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Am Meallan beach – Bàgh a’ Phòllain (via coast) – Port Chaligaig (direct) – Bàgh Sheigra (via coast) – Sheigra – Blairmore – Oldshoremore – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Lots of Highland cows on the road at the start, ponies and chickens by the road on the return, and a few ducks and seabirds.
Weather: Often sunny but very windy with rough seas.
April 2013
