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Boggy moorland and protected area in northern Scotland
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Rannoch Moor is an expanse of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch in Perth and Kinross, covering 50 square miles (130 km²). Parts of it lie in other regions but the focus of this page is its remote centre, devoid of fields, dwellings or public roads. Its western edge is crossed by A82 from Crianlarich to Glencoe ski centre and village, a busy main highway, so from the traveller's perspective that area is very different and isn't described here.
Early 19th-century coaching inn, dog-friendly, with good restaurant and views.
Decent hotel, but usually booked out to coach trips.
9 self-catering cottages, with great walks nearby.
Victorian sporting lodge made over into an upscale hotel, with 32 suites and licensed bar and restaurant.
Smart hotel and spa on the loch shore.
Away-from-it-all site for campers and tourers, open Apr-Oct. Dogs welcome.
Small hotel and restaurant by the railway station, open Feb-Nov Th-M. Ideal for walkers, they promise zero TV, wifi or mobile coverage but great views. Excellent home-cooked food (the deer will come snuffling for leftovers) and a selection of bottled beers and whiskies.
This guesthouse with self-catering is in a former signal box and railwaymen's cottages at the station, open Apr-Oct. The restaurant is open M-Sa.
20-bed hostel on the shores of Loch Ossian. Open April-Oct daily, Nov-Mar W-Su. A bit cramped, no catering, and you need to be outdoors all day in the weary weather.
Holiday homes sleeping 3 to 11. They also own the Lodge and Corrour Station House.
The nearest airport is Glasgow (GLA). Aircraft typically approach over the Campsie Hills: look right, far north, past Ben Lomond to a dark wet low splodge of cloud.
Read in the guideThe public road up the Tummel valley ends at Rannoch station. Corrour has private tracks suitable for walking or off-road bikes, but these wind north to the A86 in Spean Valley with no connection to Rannoch station.
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