📌 Beauly, Highland
★★
The River Beauly is only named as such for a short stretch before it enters the Beauly Firth, but thanks to several major tributaries it drains a large part of Scotland west of Inverness. Hydroelectric dams have now mostly tamed its flow, but the riverbanks, rich with wildflowers in late spring, still make a beautiful backdrop to this circuit between Black Bridge (near the start) and the gracefully-arched Lovat Bridge downstream.
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on south side of Black Bridge over River Beauly, minor road just off A831 2 mi southwest of Beauly
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 497440
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.461362,-4.507424
🚌 Bus stops on A831 at walk turnoff nearby to north | 🚆 Beauly (1 mi from northeast side of route)
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 8 km / 5 mi | ▲ 30 m | ⌛ 2-2.5 hr
Features: 💧 River Beauly
⬤ Easy | Clear tracks or paths for most of route. One part of the return section was a little overgrown with broom on our May visit.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Cruives Lodge – Lovat Bridge via River Beauly north bank – track around north side of Groam Poultry Farm – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Sheep, horses & cows in fields next to the track. Yellowhammers, goldfinches, other small birds.
Weather: 15°C, cloudy, nearly windless.
May 2024
