Durness is the most north-westerly village on
the British mainland.
Places to stay in and around Durness
Hotels and Inns
Bed & Breakfast - Guesthouse
Glenaladale
Glengolly
Morven
Wild Orchid Guest
House
Self Catering and Cottages
Norsehaven
Cottages
Ceannabeinne
Cranstackie
Craigmor
Camping Caravan Hostel
Welcome to Durness Scotland
Durness
is now one of the few remaining places of any size in mainland Scotland
that you can only access by single track road. The road south was completed
in 1893, and from the following year there was a daily coach connecting
Durness with the railway station at Lairg, some sixty miles to the south
east.
Tourism, fish farming, sheep farming and crofting are the mainstays of the economy.
The splendour of Durness is expressed in its extended horizons, in certain parts a view of over thirty kilometres is not uncommon. The north west coast line around Durness is formed of precipitous cliffs and sandy beaches. A crofting village spread out along the coast, Durness is basically a string of hamlets. The crofts with houses and strips of land lying out behind towards the coast. on limestone rocks giving rise to good pasture land. The name Durness could be from the Norse Drya-ness meaning Deer Cape or Deer point and has been referred to as an oasis in a barren land, the last resort or the last outpost. It stands slightly proud from the sea with sandy beaches and rocky coves.
Accommodation in and around Durness
Price Guide - per person based on sharing room: 
under $40 - 
$41
- 70 - 
more than
$70
Norsehaven
Cottages - Cranstackie Durness |
Wild
Orchid Guest House Durness |
Durness
Youth Hostel (SYHA) Durness |
Norsehaven
Cottages - Craigmor Durness |
Morven |
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