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 Lochcarron, a Highland haven (photo Clarrie Pashley) |
WHAT TO DO - ALL YEAR ROUND |
| Lochcarron has a long-established nine-hole golf course to which visitors are most welcome. Golf clubs, boats and bicycles can be hired in the village and fishing permits for the numerous hill lochs are available. The local Tourist Information Centre offers a selection of books, maps and guides to the area. |
 Loch Carron against the setting sun (photo Clarrie Pashley) |
| For evening entertainment several hostelries have live music. Local dances and ceilidhs are held in the village hall. The Lochcarron Shinty Club dances are an experience! Theatre groups and a mobile cinema visit the area throughout the year. The Lochcarron Highland Games held on the third Saturday in July draw competitors from all over Scotland and attract several thousand visitors each year. For the rest of the year the local community sport is shinty with matches held on Saturday afternoons at the Battery Park, to which visitors are gladly welcome. Further information on our National First Division shinty club is available on http://www.shinty.com/lochcarron/ |
 Ross Brown of Lochcarron (blue shirt, white shorts) on the way to a 2-1 win against Newtonmore in the 2001/2 MacAulay Cup (photo © David Fallows) |