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Raigmore

Raigmore is an area of Inverness situated in the east of the city.

Raigmore
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The place

Raigmore is an area of Inverness situated in the east of the city. It is in the Highland council area of Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic for "the large fortified dwelling".

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Raigmore

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Caledonian Stadium

    Caledonian Stadium, currently known as the Sarens PSG Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the Longman area of Inverness, Scotland, near the banks of the Moray Firth. It is the home ground of Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

    2.3 km · football stadium in Highland, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    University of the Highlands and Islands

    The University of the Highlands and Islands is an integrated, tertiary institution encompassing both further and higher education. It is a collegiate public research university, composed of 10 colleges and research institutions spread around Inverness, the Highlands and Islands, Moray and Perthshire regions of Scotland.

    2.3 km · university in Scotland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Inverness Cathedral

    Inverness Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church situated in the city of Inverness in Scotland close to the banks of the River Ness. It is the seat of the Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, ordinary of the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.

    2.1 km · church in Inverness, Highland, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Inverness Castle

    Inverness Castle is a castle overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Highland, Scotland. A succession of castles has occupied the site since 1057, although the present red sandstone structure was completed in 1836 to designs by William Burn and later extended by Thomas Brown II. Originally serving as the sheriff court and administrative centre for Inverness-shire, the castle is a Category A listed building.

    1.8 km · castle in Inverness, Highland, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Kessock Bridge

    The Kessock Bridge carries the A9 trunk road across the Beauly Firth at Inverness, Scotland.

    3.2 km · cable-stayed bridge across the Beauly Firth at Inverness, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Eden Court Theatre

    Eden Court Theatre is a large theatre, cinema and arts venue situated in Inverness, Scotland close to the banks of the River Ness. The theatre has recently undergone a complete refurbishment and major extension, adding a second theatre, two dedicated cinema screens, two performance/dance studios, improved dressing room and green room facilities and additional office space.

    2.2 km · theatre in Inverness, Scotland · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Old High St Stephen's

    Old High St Stephen's Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland. The congregation was formed on 30 October 2003 by a union of the congregations of Inverness Old High ) and Inverness St Stephen's ).

    2 km · church building in Highland, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

    Inverness Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and gallery on Castle Wynd in Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. There is no entry charge.

    1.8 km · museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Inverness Town House

    Inverness Town House is a municipal building in the High Street, Inverness, Scotland. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Inverness Town Council and now serves as a local office of the Highland Council, is a Category A listed building.

    1.8 km · city hall in Highland, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tomnahurich Cemetery

    The Tomnahurich Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery lying on and around a wooded hill in Inverness, Scotland.

    3.1 km · cemetery in Highland, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Raigmore

Airports
Aberdeen (ABZ), 124 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 177 km · Glasgow (GLA), 179 km
Stations
Inverness railway station, 1.7 km · Port of Inverness, 2.3 km · Allanfearn railway station, 3.8 km · Inverness bus station, 1.8 km
  • Aberdeen → Raigmore
    131 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £15–20
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Raigmore
    178 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · £22–30
  • Glasgow → Raigmore
    179 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · £24–33
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Raigmore

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Raigmore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inChange at Portree for ferries from the Western Isles via Uig.
  • Get inCitylink Bus 961 runs from Ullapool, ferry port for Stornoway on Lewis, twice M-Sa and once on Sunday.
  • Get aroundThey can usually offer minibuses suitable for groups, and pick up from the airport or Invergordon cruiser terminal for day tours.
  • Go nextThe most accessible part from Inverness is Cairngorm mountain itself above Aviemore, a ski resort with a funicular railway.
  • Go nextIf you get all the way to Thurso you can take a ferry to the Orkneys, and from there to Shetland.

From Wikivoyage: Inverness, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    125 km
  2. 02
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    143 km
  3. 03
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    173 km
  4. 04
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    182 km
  5. 05
    South Uist and the southern Outer HebridesGB

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    190 km

If you know how people move in Raigmore – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Raigmore

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  • North Kessockvillage in Highland, Scotland, UK4 km
  • Westhillvillage in Highland, Scotland, UK2.4 km
  • Smithtonvillage in Inverness, Highland, Scotland, UK2.9 km
  • Dalneighhuman settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK2.9 km