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Corrieshalloch Gorge is in the far northwest
of Scotland, 46 miles northwest of Inverness, 12
miles southeast of Ullapool, next to the main A835
road where the A832 to Gairloch and Inverewe
Gardens merges with it.
Inverewe Gardens are 38 miles west with
amazing views from the road out.
The Gorge can be visited all year round free
of charge, there is a small charge for the Car
Park. Postcode: IV23 2PJ.
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The Image top right is of the main Car Park,
Visitor Centre and Cafe, there is another Car
Park half of a mile down the A832 road should
this one be full.
You pass a Pool with large Slabs, 2 small
Waterfalls, then reach the Bridge over the high
Waterfalls about 1 mile down from the Visitor
Centre, a nice steady decline, about 15 minutes
walking.
Cross the Bridge over the Falls of Measach
46m / 151ft, then walk about 300 yards down to
the Viewing Platform for great views back up
the the Bridge and High Falls. Large Image
There is also a Woodland Walk from the
Bridge if you fancy exploring more.
1800s - most of the people visiting the
Gorge were wealthy, invited to the Braemore
Estate, with a Bridge built over the Falls to
impress them.
1945 - the National Trust for Scotland was
gifted Corrieshalloch Gorge by the Braemore
Estate's owner, John Calder.
2012 - the Bridge over the Falls was
repaired after cracks were noticed on the metal
supports, only 6 people are now meant to cross
at the same time.
2023 - the new £3 million Visitor
Centre opened, and a Viewing Platform was built
a short walk down from the high Waterfalls.
Corrieshalloch Gorge is in the Braemore
Estate, purchased in 1865 by the famous civil
engineer Sir John Fowler, who desiged the
London Underground, and created the Forth Rail
Bridge with Sir Benjamin Baker.
A Shooting Lodge built around 1840 on the
Estate was enlarged for Sir John Fowler into a
Scottish Baronial Mansion, demolished in the
late 1960s due to high maintenance costs.
The Estate is now ran from a Lodge built in
1994.
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