Photo of Am Ploc Open Air Church, a church near Torridon in the Wester Ross, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Am Ploc Open Air Church© Tom Forrest / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Churches in HighlandHighland, Scotland

50 churches in the Albion Guide across Highland — see the full churches directory, or everything to explore in Highland.

Am Ploc Open Air Church

Open-air preaching site on a rocky headland used by Free Church congregations during the Disruption near Torridon.

Torridon

Assynt Parish Church

Seafront parish church at Lochinver, dismantled at Nairn in 1845 and rebuilt here in 1903 by the Gordon family.

Lochinver

Balnakeil Church

Ruined 17th-century church above Balnakeil Bay, burial place of Gaelic bard Rob Donn.

Durness

Canisbay Church

Whitewashed 15th-century parish church near John o' Groats, the Queen Mother's local church while at the Castle of Mey.

Canisbay

Church of St Mary and St Finnan

Catholic church of 1873 above Loch Shiel at Glenfinnan, its tower a landmark on the Road to the Isles.

Glenfinnan

Cill Chriosd

Roofless former parish church and burial ground on the Broadford-to-Torrin road in Strath.

Torrin

Cille Choirill

Restored medieval hill church above Glen Spean near Roybridge, a burial place of Lochaber bards.

Roy Bridge

Clachan Church, Applecross

Simple 1817 church on the ancient site of St Maelrubha's 7th-century monastery, once second only to Iona in importance.

Applecross

Dornoch Cathedral

13th-century cathedral founded by Bishop Gilbert, now the parish church of Dornoch and burial place of the Sutherland earls.

Dornoch

Insh Church (Kirk of Insh)

Simple hilltop kirk near Kingussie claimed as one of Scotland's longest continuously used places of Christian worship.

Kincraig

Inverness Cathedral (St Andrew's)

Victorian Gothic cathedral of pink sandstone on the west bank of the Ness, with marble columns and rich stained glass.

Inverness

Kiel Church, Lochaline

Morvern parish church at Lochaline (Cille Choluimchille, church of St Columba), with early carved stones.

Lochaline

Kildonnan Chapel

Ruined medieval chapel and carved crosses on the site of an early monastery on Eigg.

Kildonnan

Lochcarron Old Parish Church

Ruined 18th-century parish church and graveyard at Kirkton on the shore of Loch Carron.

Lochcarron

Nairn Old Parish Church

Prominent Gothic-Revival church spire dominating the centre of the seaside town of Nairn.

Nairn

Old High Church

Oldest church in Inverness, on a mound above the Ness with a 14th-century tower and a kirkyard marked by Culloden's aftermath.

Inverness

Old St Peter's Church

Ruined medieval and 17th-century parish kirk in the old riverside heart of Thurso.

Thurso

Petty Church

Georgian parish kirk on the Moray Firth shore near Ardersier, with the Mackintosh burial vault and coastal views.

Petty

Plockton Church

Village church at Plockton designed by engineer Thomas Telford, shared by two congregations.

Plockton

St Maelrubha's Church, Arisaig

Catholic church at Arisaig on the site of an older cell of St Maelrubha, with ruined predecessor alongside.

Arisaig

St Maelrubha's Church, Poolewe

Parish church at Poolewe dedicated to the Applecross saint Maelrubha, above the River Ewe.

Poolewe

St Mary's Chapel, Crosskirk

Roofless 12th-century chapel near Crosskirk, reckoned the oldest church building in Caithness.

Crosskirk

St Paul's Episcopal Church, Kinlochleven

Scottish Episcopal church in Kinlochleven at the head of Loch Leven.

Kinlochleven

Trumpan Church

Ruined medieval church in Waternish, scene of the 1578 Battle of the Spoiling Dyke and the grave of Lady Grange.

Trumpan

Ullapool Parish Church

Former Telford parliamentary church of 1828 in the grid-planned fishing town, now a museum.

Ullapool

Lairg Parish Church

Early 19th-century Telford church beside Little Loch Shin in the crossroads village of Lairg.

Lairg

Abernethy Church

Parish kirk at Nethy Bridge amid the ancient Abernethy pinewoods, with a historic kirkyard by the Spey.

Nethy Bridge

Alvie Parish Church

Whitewashed St Drostán's kirk on a knoll above Loch Alvie, on a worship site older than 1300 near Kincraig.

Kincraig

Cawdor Old Kirk

17th-century estate kirk in Cawdor village with a fine hammerbeam roof, associated with the Thanes of Cawdor.

Cawdor

Croick Church

Remote Telford 'Parliamentary' kirk of 1827 where evicted Glen Calvie families scratched their names into the window glass during the Clearances.

Ardgay

Cromarty East Church

One of Scotland's finest unaltered post-Reformation churches, with galleries, box pews and a painted ceiling, restored and open.

Cromarty

Duthil Church

Old kirk and kirkyard near Carrbridge with twin Grant mausolea, burial place of the chiefs of Clan Grant.

Carrbridge

Gairloch Free Church

Gothic stone Free Church of 1878-81 designed by Matthews & Lawrie at Gairloch.

Gairloch

Kildonan Church

Simple 18th-century kirk in the Strath of Kildonan, at the centre of the district's Clearances story.

Helmsdale

Kilmorack Church

Fine Georgian country kirk near Beauly, now the atmospheric Kilmorack Gallery hung with contemporary Highland art.

Beauly

Kilmore Church

Ruined old parish church at Kilmore in Sleat, on the historic clan burial ground.

Kilmore

Kilmuir Cemetery

Trotternish churchyard containing the memorial grave of Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald.

Kilmuir

Kincardine Old Church

Ancient roofless kirk and burial ground near Boat of Garten, one of Strathspey's oldest church sites above the river.

Boat of Garten

Kirkmichael Church

Restored medieval kirk and mausolea on the Black Isle shore at Resolis, sheltering rare carved memorial stones.

Balblair

Nigg Old Church

18th-century church on the Tarbat peninsula sheltering the elaborately carved Pictish Nigg Stone.

Nigg

Our Lady of the Angels, Mingarry

Catholic church at Mingarry near Acharacle serving the Moidart parish.

Acharacle

Our Lady of the Braes, Polnish

Roofless former Catholic church above Loch Eilt near Lochailort, a Harry Potter filming landmark.

Lochailort

Reay Old Church

Well-preserved 18th-century T-plan parish church in the village of Reay.

Reay

St Columba's Church, Canna

Presbyterian church on Canna built by Robert Thom, in the National Trust island's care.

Canna

St Columba's Church, Kingussie

Kingussie's landmark parish church, a medieval foundation rebuilt in stone at the heart of the Badenoch town.

Kingussie

St Columba's Isle

Chapel ruins and clan burial ground on a river island at Skeabost, with the Nicolson's Aisle mortuary chapel.

Skeabost

St Donan's Church, Cleadale

Small Roman Catholic church of 1910 in Cleadale on Eigg, dedicated to the island's patron saint.

Cleadale

St Edward's Church, Sanday

Landmark deconsecrated church of 1890 on Sanday by Canna, its spire a seamark in the harbour.

Canna

Tarbat Old Church

Restored church at Portmahomack housing the Tarbat Discovery Centre on the only known Pictish monastery in Scotland.

Portmahomack

Telford Parliamentary Church, Strontian

Church of Scotland kirk built in the 1820s to Thomas Telford's 'Parliamentary church' design.

Strontian