Dunvegan Castle & gardens
The MacLeod seat for 800 years, with formal gardens, a seal boat and a lot of indoors.
Today
any weather
Good all day: dry, gusts under 35 mph.
08:00 · gusts 8 mph · dry
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Windlightbreezystronggusts peak 8 mph
sunrise 07:54 · sunset 16:25 · gusts to 8 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 20:25 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated low and largely under a roof, so rain does not count against it. Seasonal opening; the seal boat stops running in swell.
Starts: Signed off the A850 at Dunvegan village
1.5 km · 20 m of ascent · 2 h · sheltered · fine in the rain
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