WELCOME
This is a website for friends and family visiting us at Highbrook House. It helps locate the house which can be a challenge as the house is in a remote rural location and the postcode sends you to another house. On this site you are also able to see the many and varied activities to do here in the Highlands of Caithness.
JUST A FEW OF THE ACTIVITIES
Here are just some of the activities, sights and attractions that are within a short distance of Highbrook House:
Dunnet Forest
DUNNET FOREST Take a walk into Dunnet Forest which covers over 100 hectares, follow the sculpture trail. If you are lucky you will see all sorts of animals such as >> Read More
Camster Forest
CAMSTER FOREST Camster forest is a short walk or drive away from the Camster Cairns. The walk ascends to the top of a set of hills giving a great view >> Read More
Achavanich Stone Setting
ACHAVANICH STONE SETTING Achavanich standing stones are around 4,000 years old with views over Loch Stemster. It is unusual in that it is a horseshoe shape and the stones are >> Read More
Cairn O’Get
CAIRN O'GET Step into a tomb with a history spanning 5,000 years of human activity. Cairn o’Get is an impressive chambered burial cairn set amid a landscape rich in prehistoric >> Read More
Loch Watten
LOCH WATTEN Loch Watten is a short 20 min walk from Highbrook House and can be seen from the driveway. If you want to drive, there is a place to >> Read More
Ebenezer Place
EBENEZER PLACE The shortest street in the world! Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 >> Read More
Camster Cairns
CAMSTER CAIRNS Stand among two of the oldest stone monuments in Scotland – a pair of Neolithic tombs originally built more than 5,000 years ago. Although they have been reconstructed >> Read More
Staxigoe Harbour
STAXIGOE HARBOUR Historic Fishing Village. Staxigoe derives from Norse, "the inlet of the stack". The fishing industry was the livelihood of many families living along the Caithness coast. At Staxigoe >> Read More
Freswick Bay
FRESWICK BAY A great place to spot seals and other cetaceans enjoying the waters. Freskwick Bay is an intimate beach with its own castle, it is just a short distance >> Read More