Calum's Road & Brochel Castle
The two-mile road one man built by hand to Arnish, starting at a castle ruin on a rock.
Today
good
Best 12:00–17:00. Earlier: view in cloud.
12:00 · gusts 5 mph · dry · view clear
goodmarginalpoor
Windlightbreezystronggusts peak 7 mph
Cloudview in cloud
Why this?
- Best 4 hours12:00–16:00
- Gusts7 mph at 15:00good below 35 · poor from 45
- Raindrygood to 0.2 mm an hour · poor over 1
- Cloud base1680 m at 12:00the view needs 700 m clear
Hourly forecast: Met Office model, via Open-Meteo
sunrise 07:52 · sunset 16:23 · gusts to 7 mph · 0.0 mm of rain due
Forecast as of 8 November 2026, 19:54 (Europe/London).
Worth knowing
Rated low for the short walk to the castle stump. The drive is the exposed part: single track, blind summits, and unbarriered drops. Don't take a wide vehicle.
Starts: Brochel, 11 miles north of the Raasay ferry
1.0 km · 30 m of ascent · 1 h · sheltered
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