Clockhouse Restaurant

The Cairngorms


Serves light lunches and bistro dinners made with fresh Highland lamb, beef, venison and salmon.


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2. Corgarff Castle

8.19 MILES

In the wild hills of the eastern Cairngorms, near the A939 road from Cockbridge to Tomintoul, is the impressive fortress of Corgarff Castle. The tower…

3. Grantown Museum

10.14 MILES

A small museum that chronicles the history of the town and its relationship to Clan Grant; also houses a tourist information point.

4. RSPB Loch Garten Osprey Centre

11.88 MILES

Ospreys migrate here each spring from Africa and nest in a tall pine tree beside Loch Garten – you can watch from a hide as the birds feed their young…

5. Glenfarclas Distillery

12.4 MILES

Small, friendly and independent, Glenfarclas is 5 miles south of Aberlour on the Grantown road. The in-depth Connoisseur's Tour (Fridays only July to…

6. Cairngorm Mountain Railway

13.64 MILES

The national park's most popular attraction is this funicular railway that will whisk you to the edge of the Cairngorm plateau (altitude 1085m) in just…

7. Knockando Woolmill

14.86 MILES

Hidden in a fold of the hills 5 miles west of Aberlour, Knockando is a rare survival of an 18th-century woollen mill that has been lovingly restored to…

8. Balmoral Castle

15.6 MILES

Built for Queen Victoria in 1855 as a private residence for the Royal Family, Balmoral kicked off the revival of the Scottish Baronial style of…