What to Do in Inverness
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Cawdor Castle
Privately owned medieval tower-house castle and gardens at Cawdor, near Nairn. Continuously inhabited by the Cawdor family for over 600 years.
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.
Dolphin Spirit Inverness
Wildlife boat trips from Inverness Marina into the Moray Firth to see bottlenose dolphins, seals and seabirds, on a catamaran or fast RIB.
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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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.
Beauly Priory
13th-century priory ruins in the centre of Beauly, twelve miles west of Inverness. A free, unstaffed Historic Environment Scotland site.
Coul House Hotel
Country-house hotel (built 1821) in the hills above Contin, Ross-shire, near Strathpeffer and 25 minutes north of Inverness, with an octagonal restaurant.
Farm Ness
Roadside farm shop, cafe and family farm park at Dunain on the A82 just outside Inverness, with its own beef and lamb, Highland cows and a play area.
Highland Print Studio
Printmaking studio and charity on Bank Street overlooking the River Ness, Inverness (since 1985) - open-access workshops, classes and a gallery.
Inverness Cathedral
St Andrew's Cathedral on the banks of the River Ness (1866-69) - the first new Protestant cathedral in Britain since the Reformation, in pink sandstone.
Target Technique at the Bunker
Air rifle and pistol shooting range inside Inverness's only surviving WW2 bunker at Raigmore (with the 'Behind the Radar' museum) - Scotland's only NSRA Approved Performance Venue.
The Clay Studio
Community pottery studio at Grant Street, Inverness, offering classes, wheel-throwing and pottery-painting parties for all ages.
The Potter's House
Family pottery-painting and wheel-throwing studio at Muir of Ord, with 280+ ready-made pieces, clay workshops and a coffee shop.
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.