Laide () is a small village in the northwest of the

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. It is situated on the southern shore of

Gruinard Bay Gruinard Bay is a large remote coastal embayment, located 12 miles north of Poolewe, in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, and is in the former parish of Lochbroom, in the west coast of Scotland. Settlements Gruinard Bay has a number of settleme ...

, about 30 km west of

Ullapool Ullapool (; ) is a village and port located in the civil parish of Lochbroom in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands. It is located around northwest of Inverness. According to the Scottish Government in 2016, the village had a ...

Laide Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland - geograph

Laide Wood

Situated just outside Laide on the A832 heading West is 'Laide Community Wood'. Owned and managed by a

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called ''Laide Wood'' for the benefit the local community, Laide wood is recreational facility open all year round.

Geography

The village offers views of

Gruinard Island Gruinard Island ( ; ) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately long by wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. At its closest point to the mainland, it is about offshore. In 1942, the island ...

and the

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. The area has many beaches such as at

Mellon Udrigle Mellon Udrigle () is a small remote coastal tourist, fishing and crofting hamlet on the north west coast located in the district of aultbea on Rubha Mòr. Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The villa ...

and Gruinard which are within 5 minutes' driving distance of the village.

Gairloch Gairloch ( ; , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a ...

, with its many facilities is within 20 minutes driving distance. The

A832 road The A832 is a road in the Scottish Highlands, linking Cromarty, on the east coast, to Gairloch on the west coast, and beyond Gairloch to Braemore Junction. It is long and runs entirely in the former county of Ross and Cromarty. The road forms ...

runs through Laide.

References

Populated places in Ross and Cromarty {{RossCromarty-geo-stub