Road to the Isles
A830Fort William to Mallaig · Highland
Fort William to Mallaig past Glenfinnan viaduct and the silver sands of Morar.
The A830 Road to the Isles runs roughly 46 miles from Fort William to the fishing port of Mallaig, shadowing the West Highland Line much of the way. It passes the Glenfinnan viaduct made famous by the Harry Potter films, the lochs of Loch Eil and Loch nan Uamh, and the white silver sands of Morar before reaching the Mallaig ferry pier for Skye and the Small Isles. The whole main route has now been rebuilt to a good two-lane standard with flowing curves, the last single-track trunk-road section near Arisaig having been bypassed in 2009. Mind summer tourist and railway-chasing traffic around Glenfinnan, blind crests on the rebuilt sections, and the narrower, twistier stretches approaching Mallaig.
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125 m rangeKnow before you go
- Heavy summer tourist traffic
- Blind crests on rebuilt sections
- Pinch points on old single-track
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