North
Lochaber, Highland
Glen Coe
Glen Coe is one of Scotland's great outdoor meeting places, from riverside walks and long days through the glen to climbing, mountaineering and the high ridges above it.
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Land, Coast & Community
Discover modern Scotland outdoors: dramatic glens, ancient waterways, coastal reserves, island communities and living landscapes cared for and lived in today.
Featured Places & Stories
12 selected places in this curated collection
North
Highland
The Great Glen
The Great Glen is a landscape people move through, on foot, by bike, under paddle and aboard boats travelling between Scotland's east and west coasts.
North
Cairngorms National Park
Cairngorms
The Cairngorms can feel enormous and remote, yet this is also a busy modern landscape of walking, skiing, mountain biking, farming, forestry, estates and communities.
East
Midlothian & Edinburgh
Pentland Hills
On Edinburgh's southern edge, runners, walkers, cyclists and horse riders share the Pentlands with farms, livestock, reservoirs and the people who manage the land.
East
Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
St Abbs & St Abb's Head
At St Abbs, life on the coast happens above and below the water: walkers on the cliffs, boats in the harbour and divers exploring one of Scotland's best-known marine environments.
East
Firth of Forth, Fife
Isle of May
A boat trip to the Isle of May reaches a small island that operates as wildlife reserve, research station, navigation landmark and seasonal visitor destination all at once.
South
New Lanark, South Lanarkshire
Falls of Clyde
At the Falls of Clyde, the river is still doing work: drawing walkers through the gorge, carrying wildlife and generating electricity beside the mills of New Lanark.
South
Moffat Hills, Dumfries and Galloway
Grey Mare's Tail
Grey Mare's Tail is the dramatic entrance to a much larger Southern Upland landscape of water, high ground, grazing and wildlife.
South
Melrose, Scottish Borders
Eildon Hills
Above Melrose, the Eildons are not distant scenery. They are local hills people walk through, part of a Borders landscape shaped by paths, cycling, riding, farming and long human occupation.
West
The Trossachs, Stirling
Loch Katrine
Loch Katrine is a Highland landscape still very much in use, with boats on the water, cyclists and walkers around its shores, and an extraordinary continuing connection with Glasgow.
West
Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute
Isle of Bute
Bute packs a surprising amount of outdoor life into a small island: walking, cycling, sea swimming, paddleboarding, sailing and community-managed woodland all sit within easy reach of Rothesay.
West
Mid Argyll
Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin is a living glen where thousands of years of human activity remain visible among farmland, homes and the landscape people use today.
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