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Clashnessie Bay

Photo of Clashnessie Bay, a beach in Assynt–Coigach, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Clashnessie Bay

© Robin Webster / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Robin Webster / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Clashnessie Bay

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Clashnessie is a wide bay of pinkish sand on the Assynt coast, set between Stoer and Drumbeg on the single-track B869. It’s a quiet spot with a waterfall walk up the glen behind, and far less busy than the better-known Assynt beaches. Close to the turning for Stoer Head Lighthouse and the Old Man of Stoer.

More places to visit near Clashnessie Bay

Photo of Assynt–Coigach, a National Scenic Area in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Assynt–Coigach

You’re inside itNational Scenic Area near Inverkirkaig

Strange, isolated peaks rising from a watery moorland wilderness in the far north-west

Photo of Clachtoll Beach, a beach in Assynt–Coigach, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Clachtoll Beach

Beach near Clachtoll

White-sand Assynt beach of clear water and black gneiss rocks beside an Iron Age broch.

4.2 km S

Photo of Stoer Head Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Assynt–Coigach, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Stoer Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse near Stoer

White Stevenson lighthouse on Stoer Head, start of the walk to the Old Man of Stoer with wide sea views.

5.7 km W

Photo: Old Man of Stoer, a viewpoint near Clashnessie in Assynt–Coigach, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Old Man of Stoer

Viewpoint near Clashnessie

Sixty-metre red-sandstone sea stack off the Stoer peninsula, reached by a cliff-top walk from the lighthouse.

5.9 km NW

Photo of Achmelvich Beach, a beach in Assynt–Coigach, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Achmelvich Beach

Beach near Achmelvich

Dazzling white-sand cove of turquoise water west of Lochinver, often likened to a Caribbean beach.

6.1 km S

Photo: Drumbeg Viewpoint, a viewpoint in Assynt–Coigach, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Drumbeg Viewpoint

Viewpoint near Drumbeg

Roadside viewpoint on the Assynt coast road overlooking Loch Dhrombaig and Eddrachillis Bay to Handa Island.

6.4 km E