What to Do on Inverness
9 places across 3 sub-categories.
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Chanonry Point
Lighthouse and shingle spit on the Black Isle reaching into the Moray Firth, the best land-based bottlenose dolphin viewing point in the United Kingdom.
Culloden Battlefield
National Trust for Scotland site at the place of the 1746 Battle of Culloden, the last pitched battle on British soil. Visitor centre, immersive battlefield walk and the surviving Old Leanach Cottage.
Inverness Castle
The 19th-century sandstone castle above the River Ness, reopened in 2025 as a visitor experience operated by High Life Highland.
Nessieland
Family-focused Loch Ness Monster attraction in Drumnadrochit, with a kid-oriented visitor experience and outdoor play area beside the loch.
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Other what to do
Beauly Priory
13th-century priory ruins in the centre of Beauly, twelve miles west of Inverness. A free, unstaffed Historic Environment Scotland site.
Cawdor Castle
Privately owned medieval tower-house castle and gardens at Cawdor, near Nairn. Continuously inhabited by the Cawdor family for over 600 years.
Clava Cairns
Bronze Age burial cairns and standing stones near Culloden, around 4,000 years old. A free Historic Environment Scotland site, with no visitor centre, just the stones, the trees and the river.
Urquhart Castle
Historic Environment Scotland castle on the west shore of Loch Ness at Drumnadrochit. One of the largest castles in Scotland and one of the most-visited HES sites.