Loch Hourn, Knoydart, Scotland (N Mrtgh/Shutterstock)
Looking for some Great British adventure inspiration? You're in the right place. Here you'll get an independent, ad-free lowdown on Britain's top 50 adventure locations - the online yin to the paper yang of our Joyously Busy Great British Adventure Map.
Why Go To Knoydart?
Knoydart, a very nice peninsula on the west coast of Scotland, is not to be confused with Moidart, another (also very nice) peninsula on the west coast of Scotland. Just some of many things you can do there that you can't do anywhere else...
Get properly remote on a peninsula everyone in Britain should know about, and that can only be reached by boat or a very long hike
Have a drink in Britain's remotest pub
Enjoy going off-grid in a stunning landscape that's a hillwalking and wild camping paradise
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A wild peninsula sandwiched between Lochs Nevis and Hourn, Knoydart is the northern part of an area known as the Rough Bounds. Only accessible by boat (there's a ferry from Mallaig), or by a hilly 16-mile hike, its roads aren't connected to those of the rest of the country. The remote, beautiful, mountainous terrain includes the Munros of Ladhar Bheinn (1020 m), Luinne Bheinn (939 m), Meall Buidhe (946 m) and Sgurr na Cìche (1040 m), and boasts Britain's most remote pub. A classic wilderness destination and one of the first names on the top 50 team sheet.
Knoydart is one of the remotest parts of Britain, and has some nice hills too (N Mrtgh/Shutterstock)
The essential journey on Knoydart is simply getting there - walk in!
Then when you're there, go up the largest mountain...
Getting To Knoydart, Maps & Guides
Getting there: CalMac ferry from Mallaig to Inverie (0.5 hr), or hike the 16 miles in from the east, somewhere on the A87.
Travel times from where you are: See Knoydart on Google Maps.
Maps: Find the right Ordnance Survey maps and / or get a month's free subscription to their excellent OS Maps app.
Guidebooks: Lonely Planet's Highlands and Islands or Rough Guides' equivalent.
Walking route guidance: WalkingHighlands.
Tourist board: Visit Scotland or Visit Knoydart.
Even More Knoydart Adventure Inspiration
Barrisdale, Loch Hourn, Knoydart (Duncan Andison/Shutterstock)
Some good local intel...
Read about the Knoydart Foundation, the community charity set up to own and manage the Knoydart estate, and see what's occurring on the peninsula
The Ladhar Bheinn walk - the highest mountain on Knoydart and one of finest mountains in Scotland too
History! Don't confuse the Seven Men of Knoydart with the seven men of Moidart!
The Inverie-Mallaig ferry, the only motorised way into / out of Knoydart (Humphrey Butler/Marvellous Maps)
What Next?
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Britain's Best Outdoorsy Bits... Mapped!
Liking what you see, but fancy keeping it old school with an actual paper map? Our Joyously Busy Great British Adventure Map features all of Britain's best outdoorsy bits (including the Top 50), plus some enjoyably random and vaguely useful stuff too. Available either as a 2-sided fold-out map or a framed wall map (office furniture and fake plants not included).
