Highland Sailing beaches

The beach guide has 5 sailing beaches listed in Highland. Check here for all sailing beaches in the UK

Contents
  1. Achmelvich Bay
  2. Sandwood Bay
  3. Strathy Bay
  4. Sango Bay
  5. Mellon Udrigle
  6. Gruinard Beach
  7. Rosemarkie
  • Mellon Udrigle ©

    1. Mellon Udrigle Beach

    The stunning beach at Mellon Udrigle offers one of the finest views of this part of the coast. It is a little off the beaten track, but well worth the detour. Just off the A832, a single track road leading out of the village of Laide heads…

  • Loch Morlich Beach ©

    2. Loch Morlich Beach

    Loch Morlich is an award-winning freshwater beach (the only one in Scotland). It sits at the foot of the dramatic snow-capped Cairngorms in the Glenmore Forest Park. This scenic sandy bay is at the end of Loch Morlich and is a popular…

  • Achmelvich Bay ©

    3. Achmelvich Bay

    Beautiful Achmelvich Beach looks across the bay to the coastal village of Lochinver with the islands of Lewis and Harris just offshore. 

    This is a beautiful sheltered beach on the rural west coast. A large crescent of white…

  • Dornoch (Caravan Park) ©

    4. Dornoch (Caravan Park) Beach

    Dornoch Caravan Park lies on the north side of the Dornoch Firth just under an hour's drive from Inverness. The vast stretch of safe, sandy beach here, known as Dornoch Sands, runs down from the caravan park in a south-westerly direction.…

  • Melvich ©

    5. Melvich Beach

    Set at the mouth of the River Halladale, Melvich is yet another attractive beach to be found in this part of Scotland. The crescent shaped beach is backed by sand dunes which are carpeted with wild flowers in the Spring. At low tide there…