Free entry for National Trust members
This place is cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, a separate charity. Under the INTO reciprocal visiting arrangement, National Trust members from England, Wales and Northern Ireland get free standard entry. Show your current membership card at admissions.
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Standard prices without the optional 10% donation. Free for National Trust for Scotland members and, under the INTO reciprocal arrangement, National Trust members.
included in admission
Car park immediately outside the visitor centre, with a dog-walking area beside it, bike racks and coach parking 100m away. Free for National Trust for Scotland members and, under the INTO arrangement, National Trust members.
Inverewe is a garden that should not exist, planted from 1862 by Osgood Mackenzie on a bare, wind-scoured peninsula in Loch Ewe on the same latitude as Hudson Bay. He shipped in soil, planted a shelter belt of pines and let the Gulf Stream do the rest; his daughter Mairi Sawyer carried on and gave the garden to the National Trust for Scotland in 1952. Today 2,500 species from around the world crowd the paths, with Californian redwoods, tree ferns, eucalyptus and rhododendrons that flower from January, and Inverewe House is now a museum and gallery. The estate has the Pinewood Trail, a wildlife hide and boat trips looking for otters, seals and sea eagles. Reviewers say the paths make it feel like you have the place to yourself and praise Osgood's Cafe. Tips from regulars: it is 90 minutes' drive from Inverness and a full day if you walk every path, the guidebook is worth buying, and dogs are welcome on a short lead, one per person.
Garden open daily from 4 May to 31 October; 09:30 to 17:00 in October. Inverewe House open 3 April to 30 September.
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Dogs, with restrictions
Circular from Inverewe Visitor Centre; 5 1/2 miles (9km), 2 hours, moderate, 214m ascent; formed mountain path with steep inclines and boggy patches; pay and display parking, free for members.
Dogs, with restrictions
Circular from the car park through the pinewood; 1 1/4 miles (2km), 45 minutes; mostly well-defined paths with some inclines, steps and rough sections.