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:
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
The Brown Trout Pub
THE BROWN TROUT This is our local pub and is only a 10-15 min walk away from Highbrook House. There is free parking if you want to drive and will >> 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
Old Pulteney Distillery
OLD PULTENEY DISTILLERY The Pulteney Distillery is a malt whisky production and aging facility in the Pulteneytown area of Wick, Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. The distillery produces >> Read More
Strathy Beach
STRATHY BEACH The beautiful, sheltered and enclosed Strathy Bay is a wide sandy beach This beach and rural bay consists of numerous caves and rocky stacks and is bounded by cliffs >> 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
Hill O’Many Stanes
HILL O'MANY STANES Behold the strange sight of about 200 stones erected in more than 22 rows on hillside moorland. The Hill o’ Many Stanes consists of about 200 small >> Read More
Dunnet Bay
DUNNET BAY Dunnet Bay is a fantastic sweeping arc of white sandy beach backed by rolling sand dunes. Stretching for over 2 miles, the bay is fairly sheltered from the >> Read More