WalkHidden gem
Old Man of Stoer
Stoer, Scotland
Walk along sea cliffs to a 60 m sandstone stack off Stoer Head.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
A well-trodden coastal path leads from the car park near Stoer Head Lighthouse out to a view of the Old Man, a slim 60 m sea stack that climbers have scaled. Fulmars nest on the cliffs. It is a half-day walk with a big payoff for not much effort.
Good to know
- Keep well back from the cliff edge
- Path is boggy after rain
- Lighthouse car park is small, pull in tidily
- Best time
- Dry day, evening light on the stack
- Getting there
- Single-track road to the Stoer lighthouse car park, 2-3 km coastal path
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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