Dunvegan Castle & gardens
The MacLeod seat for 800 years, with formal gardens, a seal boat and a lot of indoors.
Today
any weather
- Not weather-dependent
Best between 08:00 and 20:00. settled all day
good hoursraindaylight
lightbreezystronggalegusts peak 26 mph
sunrise 07:06 · sunset 19:31 · gusts to 31 mph · 2.9 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 20 September 2026, 21:50 (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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