United Kingdom, Scotland
The natural base for the North Coast 500 and the wild single track roads of Wester Ross.
First instinct from Inverness: head west towards Torridon.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
40 mi
Best rated nearby
9.9 / 10
Shortest full loop
3 hr 21 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Every road in the library carries a driving and scenery score set by the same method. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 2 March 2026
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 6 hr 32 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
56 mi away · Applecross, Scottish Highlands
Britain's highest road climbs via hairpins to a wild moonscape pass above Applecross.
18.5 km · 11.5 mi · Atlas rating 9.9 / 10
53 mi away · Wester Ross, Scotland
A lochside single track with views straight across to Skye and the Cuillins.
25 km · 15.5 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
62 mi away · Glen Coe, Scottish Highlands
A sweeping run through Rannoch Moor beneath the brooding Buachaille Etive Mor.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
64 mi away · Sutherland, Scotland
A remote NC500 highlight of sea lochs, switchbacks and empty moorland roads.
45 km · 28 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
77 mi away · Isle of Skye, Scotland
A high single track skirting the surreal landslipped pinnacles of the Trotternish ridge.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 13 hr 12 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
216 mi away · Lake District, England
England's steepest road gradient, a brutal one in three climb over Roman ruins.
5 km · 3.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.5 / 10
208 mi away · Lake District, England
A steep slate quarry pass squeezed between towering fells above Buttermere.
6.5 km · 4 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
173 mi away · Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
A hair raising cliff edge single track with views across to the Mull of Kintyre.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
180 mi away · Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
One of the world's great coast roads, hugging cliffs beneath nine dramatic glens.
48 km · 29.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
199 mi away · North Pennines, England
A biker's classic with wide open views across the Eden Valley to the Lakeland fells.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
216 mi away · Lake District, England
Narrow single track linking Langdale to Duddon Valley over the ancient Three Shire Stone.
6.5 km · 4 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
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