Garden & Home Directory · Scotland
The Best Countryside in Scotland
Our pick of the best countryside in Scotland (Highlands & Islands, Aberdeenshire & Moray, Perthshire, Fife, Edinburgh & the Lothians, Glasgow & the Clyde, Stirling & Argyll, Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scottish Borders), every address checked.
Cairngorms National Park
Highlands and Moray
A great mountain national park, with Glenmore Forest Park at its heart and the Tomintoul and Glenlivet dark sky park.
See details →Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
Stirling and Argyll
Lochs Lomond and Katrine, the Trossachs hills and the craggy tops of Strathyre, with Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.
See details →The West Highland Way
Milngavie to Fort William
Scotland's first official long-distance route, opened in 1980: some 96 miles, over the Devil's Staircase above Glen Coe and on to Fort William beneath Ben Nevis.
See details →Galloway Forest Park
Dumfries & Galloway
The UK's largest forest park and its first Dark Sky Park, designated in 2009; try Clatteringshaws Loch for stargazing.
See details →The Quiraing and Trotternish
Isle of Skye
A great landslip hollow on the Trotternish escarpment, which runs some 20 miles past the Old Man of Storr; part of a National Scenic Area.
See details →Glencoe
Glencoe, Lochaber (National Trust for Scotland)
A National Nature Reserve with the Trust's visitor centre, opened in 2002, with a café, shop, exhibition and turf house.
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Checked October 2026. Opening times, prices and delivery terms change, so please check before you travel or order.