Glenbay Facilities - and about the Area

At the rear of the cottages we have built a large games room for use of the House and Cottage visitors. Three rooms cater for most tastes, from traditional style snooker room with slate bed table, mini gym with various exercise machines and wall bars, to the table tennis room where the top removes to reveal a mini snooker table for children. This facility - including a slightly out of tune piano! - has proved to be very popular with everyone.

The two storey log fort with slide provides entertainment for supervised youngsters.

All our properties are equipped with either gas or charcoal barbecues, together with outside seating and picnic tables.

Good Local Food
We can generally provide home baking and fresh local seafood during the summer months and will be pleased to arrange groceries for your arrival if required.

About the area
The fascinating Ardnamurchan Natural History Centre (click here for the website) is within easy walking distance of all our properties, offering visitors an insight to the wildlife and fauna of Ardnamurchan and also has an excellent tea room.

The nearest shops and post offices are nine miles away in either direction at Acharacle or Kilchoan. The local bus service passes through six days a week and the nearest railway station is 30 miles away at Lochailort. Air travel and car hire are both available from Inverness or Glasgow airports both of which are approximately 3 hours journeying time.

Scotland's Ardnamurchan peninsula stretches out to become the most westerly point on the British mainland, and a visit to the lighthouse and visitor centre (open April - October) is a must, especially on a windy day! The beaches at Sanna , Portuark and Ardtoe are fascinating for all ages and the ruined Castle Tioram and Mingarry Castle viewed from a distance, offer a glimpse of the turbulent history of the area.

Ardnamurchan is an unspoilt area of varied and unsurpassed beauty with rock strewn mountains, mixed woodlands, sweeps of meadows and with streams and waterfalls tumbling down to loch Sunart on its southern side.

West of us, north of Kilchoan, is the base of a huge volcano which erupted 60 million years ago, which makes this area a mecca for geologists and is the reason that the scenery of the area is so unusual and dramatic.

New Leisure Facilities for the Tower and Ruin Customers
On the side of our home, Greenwood, we have created a snooker room with a table tennis top giving an added dimension should the weather turn inclement or an ideal way to while away an hour or two on a winters evening. Our elevated mini gym (above the workshop) gives you the opportunity to work out and the dart board might bring back memories of a misspent youth !

Relax at the slower pace of Highland life, breathe in the fresh air of the hills about you, unwind in accommodation full of character ……

….. a warm welcome awaits you at Glenbay House, Glenbay Cottage, the Ruin or the Tower.

Natural History
Sunart Oakwoods Initiative
Ardnamurchan Natural History Centre

Local Interest
Loch Shiel Eagle Watch Cruises
The Moidart Smokehouse

Local Information
Ardnamurchan Tourist Association
Glenuig Community Association
Moidart Local History Group

More Things to Do
Jacobite Steam Train   
Nevis Range & Ski Gondola  
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse 

Music and Entertainment
Glenuig Hall  
Sunart Centre (Arainn Shuaineirt)
Kilchoan Community Centre  
Loch Shiel Spring Festival (Classical Festival)   

Other Links
Special Escapes