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Where is Redpoint beach?

Where is Redpoint beach?

This beautiful, secluded beach lies about 10 miles south-west from Gairloch and is the perfect destination for those seeking to get away from it all. To find the beach, drive to the beach car park in the settlement of Redpoint at the very end of the B8056.

How to get to Red Point beach?

To reach Red Point south beach, bear right once through the gate, crossing the grassy ground and then finding a way down through the gorse to reach the sands. The wide beach here has great views across to the Applecross peninsula and to the mountains of Torridon.

Where is Wester Ross Scotland?

Wester Ross

Wester Ross National Scenic Area
Location Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Coordinates 57.666°N 5.219°WCoordinates:57.666°N 5.219°W
Area 163,456 ha (631.11 sq mi)/1634.58 sq. km
Established 1981

Where in Scotland is Loch Ewe?

Wester Ross
In Wester Ross on the northwest coast of Scotland there is a place called Loch Ewe. It is beautiful, typical of the coastal Highlands: a large sea loch surrounded by sloping hills that climb away into the background until they recede into the sky.

Where is red point in Wester Ross Scotland?

Red Point is where the coastline south of Gairloch turns into Loch Torridon, and there is a beach on each bit of coastline, one facing west and the other facing south. On the southern-most beach are the remains of an old fishing station and from here it is possible to walk along the shore of Loch Torridon to Lower Diabeg,…

Where is red point south of Gairloch Ross?

Red Point is where the coastline south of Gairloch turns into Loch Torridon, and there is a beach on each bit of coastline, one facing west and the other facing south.

Where does the name Red Point come from?

It takes its name from Red Point, a low promontory to the south, which marks a turn in the coastline from facing west to south east as it becomes Loch Torridon . Redpoint lies about 10 miles (16 km) south west of Gairloch, at the end of the B8056 road.

Where is redpoint on the Isle of Skye?

Redpoint lies about 10 miles (16 km) south west of Gairloch, at the end of the B8056 road. A path leading from the road leads to a viewpoint from which it is possible (on a clear day) to see almost all of the north eastern coast of the Isle of Skye . The villages of South Erradale, Opinan and Port Henderson are north along the B8056 coast road.