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Photo of Singing Sands, a beach near Cleadale in the Small Isles, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

© Jim Barton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Singing Sands

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A quartz beach at Camas Sgiotaig, below the crofting township of Cleadale on the island of Eigg. The name comes from the dry sand, which squeaks and hums underfoot when conditions are right. It’s a lovely spot looking across to the Isle of Rum. Reaching it means the CalMac ferry to Eigg and then a walk from Cleadale, so it’s a proper day out rather than a quick stop.

More places to visit near Singing Sands

Photo of the Small Isles, a National Scenic Area in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

The Small Isles

You’re inside itNational Scenic Area near Kinloch

Four small Hebridean islands off Mallaig, from Rum’s rocky peaks to Eigg’s great pitchstone ridge, with ferry timetables to plan around

Photo of the Isle of Eigg, an island in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Isle of Eigg

Island near Cleadale

Community-owned Small Isle with its own renewable grid, the pitchstone ridge of An Sgùrr and the squeaking Singing Sands

here

Photo of Bay of Laig, a beach near Cleadale in the Small Isles, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Bay of Laig

Beach near Cleadale

Broad sandy bay below Cleadale on Eigg's west coast, looking out to Rum.

1.7 km S

Photo of the Isle of Rum, an island in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Isle of Rum

Island near Kinloch

Mountain island and National Nature Reserve, with the Rùm Cuillin, Kinloch Castle, red deer and a huge Manx shearwater colony

7.1 km NW

Photo of the Isle of Skye, an island in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Iconic

Isle of Skye

Island near Portree

The Cuillin ridge, the Trotternish pinnacles of the Storr and Quiraing, Dunvegan Castle and a long, indented coast of sea lochs

12.9 km NE

Photo of Point of Sleat Lighthouse, a lighthouse near Ardvasar, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Point of Sleat Lighthouse

Lighthouse near Ardvasar

Small lighthouse at Skye's southern tip, reached by a moorland track from Aird of Sleat.

13 km NE