Region guide
The best driving roads in Scotland
43 hand-picked driving roads in Scotland, every one mapped from real geometry and fact-checked, including 2 world icons.
Roads432 world icons
Combined702 mi1,130 km of driving
High point683 m2,241 ft
Scotland is the finest driving country in Britain, and it is not close. The Highlands stack single-track passes, sea-loch sweeps and empty A-roads into drives that run for hours without a dull mile, from the hairpins of the Bealach na Bà to the long haul of the North Coast 500. These are the ones I’ve mapped, measured and checked by hand.
The roads
Bealach na Bà7 mi · 18 min · 626 m summitView the roadbook ›

Glencoe

The Snow Road

Rest and Be Thankful

Cairnwell Pass

The Duke's Pass

Glen Shiel

Braemore to Ullapool

Glen Torridon

Glen Ogle

Pass of Drumochter

Oban to Lochgilphead

Appin Coast

Loch Lomond

The Queen's Way

Carter Bar

Loch Maree & Wester Ross

Loch Laggan

Kylesku

Assynt & Lochinver

Mull of Galloway

Cairngorm Mountain Road

Dirrie More

Grey Mare's Tail & St Mary's Loch

Glen Nevis Road

Glen Carron

Glen Lyon

Destitution Road

Loch Ness South Military Road

Pass of Brander

Ardnamurchan Peninsula Road

Glen Affric

Road to the Isles

Mam Ratagan to Glenelg

Mull West Coast Road

Broadford to Elgol

Loch Eriboll & Durness

Glen Etive

Quiraing and the Trotternish Loop

Rannoch Moor

Glen Aray

Arran Coast Road
