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Photo of Dornoch Beach, a beach in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Dornoch Beach© Gordon Hatton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Tain StationTain

15 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Glenmorangie Distillery, a distillery near Tain, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Glenmorangie Distillery

Distillery near Tain

Famous Highland distillery near Tain, using the tallest stills in Scotland, with tours and tastings.

2 km NW

Photo of Dornoch, a village in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Dornoch

Village

Handsome cathedral town on the Dornoch Firth, famous for the Royal Dornoch golf links and its medieval cathedral.

7.4 km N · Highland

Photo of Dornoch Beach, a beach in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Dornoch Beach

Beach near Dornoch

Long dune-backed Blue Flag beach beside the Royal Dornoch golf links.

7.5 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Dornoch Firth, a National Scenic Area in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Dornoch Firth

National Scenic Area near Edderton

A calm tidal firth in the eastern Highlands, all sandflats and oak woods, with big skies and easy birdwatching

0.1 km N

Photo of Tain, a village in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Tain

Village

Scotland's oldest royal burgh on the Dornoch Firth, a pilgrimage town to St Duthac and home to Glenmorangie distillery.

0.4 km SW · Highland

Highland Fine Cheeses

Farm & farm shop near Tain

Family dairy at Tain producing Blue Murder, Strathdon Blue and other cheeses on the Dornoch Firth.

2 km NW

Photo of Loch Eye, a loch near Balintore, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Loch Eye

Loch near Balintore

An important goose roost on the Tarbat peninsula in Easter Ross, drawing pink-footed and greylag flocks.

5.5 km SE

Photo of Dornoch Castle Hotel, a pub in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Dornoch Castle Hotel

Pub near Dornoch

Former bishop's palace on the cathedral square with a celebrated whisky bar and garden.

7.4 km N

Photo of Dornoch Distillery, a distillery in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Dornoch Distillery

Distillery near Dornoch

Tiny craft whisky and gin distillery in the old fire station at Dornoch Castle Hotel.

7.4 km N

Photo of Dornoch Cathedral, a church in Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Dornoch Cathedral

Church near Dornoch

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

7.5 km N

Photo of Balblair Distillery, a distillery near Edderton, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Balblair Distillery

Distillery near Edderton

The oldest distillery on the North Coast 500, founded 1790 at Edderton on the Dornoch Firth, open for tours.

8.1 km W

Everything else within 10 km (4) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.