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Torridon is a small Village in northwest
Scotland, 62 miles west of Inverness,
popular for a Deer Museum, Hiking, Outdoor
Activities, Open Air Church, and its remote
scenic location surrounded by Mountains.
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Camping & Touring Parks in
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The image top right is looking west down
Glen Torridon towards Torridon Village with the
3,310ft Beinn Eighe
mountain on the right.
The image second top is of the 3,461ft
Liathach
mountain by Torridon Village with a large car
park for Hiking. There are a number of
extremely popular Mountains in this area for
Hiking, Photographs, or Paintings, see the
Click on Map link above to view where these
Mountains are situated.
Torridon Village is mainly a Row of Houses
sitting below the Mountains at the head of
Upper Loch Torridon.
There is a small Country Centre at the east
entrance with the road down to the Deer Museum
from there, about 300 yards.
The Torridon Hostel
and free Campsite for
tents only are also at the east entrance to the
Village.
Loch Torridon Community
Centre is on the Main Street with Arts,
Crafts, Cafe and a Cinema.
The Torridon Shop / Cafe is in the Village
centre with outdoor seating for the views over
Upper Loch Torridon.
The Open Air Church is a short walk along
the head of the Loch from the Shop.
The Open Air Church named Am Ploc was set up
after the Church of Scotland split in 1843 over
who should choose the Ministers, Parishioners
or Landowners. This was used up to the 1980s to
prevent the Landowners for interfering with the
Parishioners.
On the south side of of the Village is the
Torridon Graveyard, also known as Annat Old
Burial Ground, where there was a Chapel on that
site from the early 1600s, with a Church built
in place of the Chapel around 1749, little of
those buildings remain. There are some old Flat
Grave-markers there.
Torridon
Outdoors is 2 miles south of Torridon
offering a wide range of Activities such as
Archery, Shooting, Walking, Hiking, Kayaking,
Gorge Scrambling, Cycling and more.
By Torridon Outdoors is the Torridon Inn and
Torridon Hotel, all
part of the same business.
16 miles south of Torridon is the Mountain
Road that runs across the 2,539ft / 774m Sgurr
a' Chaorachain Mountain to the small Coastal
Village of Applecross. This is one of the most
spectacular Roads in Scotland reaching a height
of 2,054ft with steep hairpin bends, Large Images .
Mountain Hike
Images.
Loch
Maree is 12 miles north of Torridon with
Isle Maree on
the Loch containing the remains of a Chapel
dedicated to Saint
Maelrubha. Isle Maree also contains the
famous Oak Tree that people hammer Coins into
before making a Wish.
The only Boat Trips to Isle Maree in 2026
seem to be for residents at Letterewe Country
Estate, there used to be Boat Trips from the
Loch Maree Hotel, but
these seem to have stopped.
Estate Boat Trips /
Images.
Torridon History
1600s - there was a small Chapel at Torridon
where the Graveyard is today, with no
information who built it, little remains, just
the Graveyard with some old Flat
Burial-markers.
1700s - Clan Mackenzie were the largest
Landowners in the Area but don't seem to have
built a Castle here as the area was so remote
with no roads, trade and travel were mainly
done by boats.
1831 - Torridon Estate was sold to a Colonel
McBarnet who had made his fortune from
Plantations in the West Indies. McBarnet began
clearing the Land for large scale Sheep
Farming, part of the Highland Clearances.
1840s - Am Ploc open air church was built at
Torridon so people could worship with Ministers
they wanted, rather than ones the Landowners
preferred.
1873 - Duncan Darroch, Baron of Gourock,
bought the Torridon Estate, encouraging
Crofters to return to their Lands and
established a Deer Park.
1876 - the 18 bedroom Torridon House was
built 2 miles west of Torridon for Duncan
Darroch to serve as his Mansion on the Estate,
with most of the material for the house brought
in by boat.
1887 - a Hunting Lodge named Beinn Damph
House was built 2 miles south of Torridon for
the 1st Earl of Lovelace, on land he bought
from the Torridon Estate.
1800s late - Queen Victoria visited the
area.
1910 - Duncan Darroch died at Torridon
House, leading to the Estate passing to a few
owners.
1960 - the 4th Earl of
Lovelace bought Torridon Estate with him
moving to the Estate Mansion.
1960s early - the Hunting Lodge was
converted to serve as The Torridon Hotel.
1963 - the first road to Torridon was
completed.
1964 - the Earl of Lovelace died, leading to
the Torridon Estate being confiscated by the
Inland Revenue in part Payment of his Death
Duty.
1967 - the Torridon Estate was transferred
to the National Trust for Scotland.
2013 - the Torridon Estate was put up for
sale for £3.75 million, other reports say
£1.25 million.
Torridon Estate
now offers B&B Accommodation in Torridon
Mansion House and Holiday Cottages.
2015 - the North Coast 500 route was
established, leading to vast numbers of
Tourists driving around the north of Scotland
and through Torridon.
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