• Trip Highlights
    • Some of Scotland’s best beaches
    • The cliffs, stacks, wildlife and views of Faraid Head
  • A circular dog friendly walk around Faraid Head and Balnakeil Beach. Faraid Head is a small peninsula on the northen coast of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • Hills and mountain guide to Faraid Head (1). Located near Armadale, Scotland Faraid Head has a maximum elevation of 100.0m (328ft).
  • Site location details and google satellite image for Faraid Head. Please click on the map icon below to load Faraid Head in your preferred map.
  • Extensive sand dunes can be found at Faraid Head which forms part of the Oldshoremore, Cape Wrath and Durness Special Landscape Area.
  • From the village in Durness, you can walk out along the edge of the cliffs at the edge of Sango Sands and out along the headland all the way to Faraid Head.