National Cycle Network Go Traffic Free in Scotland - Sustrans
National Cycle Network Go Traffic Free in Scotland - Sustrans
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B861<br />
Inverness to Culloden 1<br />
B916<br />
To D<strong>in</strong>gwall, Cromarty<br />
and John o’Groats<br />
A96<br />
Charlestown<br />
Beauly<br />
Firth<br />
Map 2<br />
A9<br />
North<br />
Kessock<br />
Dolph<strong>in</strong> and<br />
Seal Centre<br />
Craigton<br />
Moray<br />
Firth<br />
One of the impressive Clava Cairns © Fergal MacErlean<br />
A96<br />
Balloch<br />
Culloden<br />
A9<br />
A862<br />
Caledonian<br />
Canal<br />
Inverness<br />
Station<br />
Inverness Museum<br />
and Art Gallery<br />
(Museums Galleries <strong>Scotland</strong>)<br />
Inverness<br />
Inverness<br />
Castle<br />
Inverness Cathedral<br />
A862<br />
A82<br />
A82<br />
B862<br />
B862<br />
A8<br />
B853<br />
Start/<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ish<br />
B865<br />
B9006<br />
B9006<br />
A9<br />
A96<br />
B9006<br />
Smithton<br />
Westhill<br />
B9006<br />
Culloden<br />
Muir<br />
Culloden Visitor Centre<br />
Culloden Battlefield 1746<br />
(<strong>National</strong> Trust for <strong>Scotland</strong>)<br />
Newlands<br />
Start/<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ish<br />
B9 006<br />
To Nairn, Elg<strong>in</strong><br />
and Aberdeen<br />
Great Glen<br />
Way<br />
B862<br />
B8082<br />
A9<br />
A82<br />
B862<br />
River Ness<br />
B8082<br />
Miles<br />
0 1 2<br />
0 1 2 3<br />
Kilometres<br />
Category: Ma<strong>in</strong>ly on-road, some cycle path<br />
Distance: 8 miles/13 kilometres<br />
Time: 1 hour 15 m<strong>in</strong>utes<br />
Gradient: Susta<strong>in</strong>ed climb from Balloch to Newlands, otherwise<br />
fairly flat<br />
Surface: Tarmac, some wh<strong>in</strong> dust<br />
B861<br />
B8082<br />
B9177<br />
B851<br />
To Aviemore,<br />
Pitlochry and<br />
Glasgow<br />
Leave the friendly Highland capital of Inverness to cycle by some<br />
remarkable historical sights. The route heads east, with a variety<br />
of on-road cycle lanes and quiet residential sections, before<br />
climb<strong>in</strong>g away from the Moray Firth.<br />
At the Newlands crossroads it’s worth divert<strong>in</strong>g right for 200<br />
yards to the Culloden battlefield site and newly renovated visitor<br />
centre. Scottish history was written here <strong>in</strong> April 1746 when the<br />
Jacobites were routed by government forces. Decades of<br />
Highland oppression ensued.<br />
Back on the bike, cont<strong>in</strong>ue to the magnificent Clava Cairns. This<br />
collection of well preserved Bronze Age cairns and passage<br />
graves stand timeless <strong>in</strong> a tranquil open sett<strong>in</strong>g. Those with an<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> archaeology, or who are simply curious about our<br />
ancestors, will be absorbed.<br />
If you head north across the Kessock Bridge, you can follow<br />
Route 1 for 14 miles to D<strong>in</strong>gwall us<strong>in</strong>g a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of quiet<br />
roads and new cycleway alongside the A835 between Tore and<br />
Maryburgh.<br />
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