• Faraid Head (Scottish Gaelic: An Fharaird) is a small peninsula on the northern coast of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, located around 2 miles (3 kilometres)...
  • From Durness, you’ll see signs pointing to the village of Balnakeil, from which point you’ll be able to park up to explore the wild, open expanse of Faraid Head.
  • De wandeling van Faraid Head is een mooie, winderinge wandeling. We hebben de auto geparkeerd bij de ruines van de kerk.
  • Here take the road that was built to service the Ministry of Defence training facility which sits at the end of Faraid Head and is part of the Cape Wrath firing range.
  • Three new CEW stations were to be built at Faraid Head, Aird Uig, and Saxa Vord equipped with Type 80 Mk 2 and Type 13 radars.
  • Trip Highlights
    • Some of Scotland’s best beaches
    • The cliffs, stacks, wildlife and views of Faraid Head
  • By Bob Holdsworth and Rob Strachan. Fig. 12.1 Simplified geological map of the Durness-Faraid head area (modified from British Geological Survey, 2002).
  • The cliff-tops on the walk round Faraid Head. Walk out over the golden sand, with the sea on one side and sand dunes on the other.
  • Stage 2 Here take the road that was built to service the Ministry of Defence training facility, which sits at the end of Faraid Head and is part of the Cape Wrath firing...
  • Faraid Head & Balnakeil The Moine Thrust outcrops in the cliffs at the northern end of the Faraid peninsula in addition to the same rock types seen at Sango Ba.