Visitor management planning

Visitor information

We provide facilities for visitors to the area, including those from Highland communities, and works alongside outside organisations and community groups.

Highland Council Public Toilets

High Life Highland

High Life Highland is a charity established to deliver leisure services and community learning on our behalf. It delivers and supports adult learning, arts, leisure centres, libraries, outdoor education, sport and youth work. High Life Highland manage visitor information centres and museums at;

• Glen Nevis Visitor Centre, Fort William
• Ferrycroft Visitor Centre, Lairg, Sutherland 
• North Coast Visitor Centre, Thurso
• Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, Strathspey 
• Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

Access to the Countryside

The Highlands is a world class place to enjoy access to the outdoors which is appreciated by visitors and the local community alike. We have a duty to ensure the public can reasonably be expected to undertake recreational access rights, as provided by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. For more information please see our Outdoor Access pages. You can view our core path plan via an online map viewer, core paths are intended to provide the public with a plan of paths and tracks to provide them with a sufficient local path network.  

Highland Council Core Paths Map Viewer