Ferrycroft Visitor Centre

Ferrycroft Visitor Centre, Lairg

Croit a' Phuirt Ionad Luchd-Tadhal, An Luirg

Crossroads of the North ~ Crois-Rathaid aig Tuath

Contact details:

Ferrycroft Visitor Centre
& Tourist Information Centre
Lairg
Sutherland
IV27 4TP

Telephone UK: 01549 402160
Fax UK: 01549 402160
Telephone non UK: +44 1549 402160
Fax non UK: +44 1549 402160

Out of season 01349 885114

adrian.clark@highland.gov.uk

 

 

Open April to October:

April, May, June, September, October
Monday - Sunday: 10.00 - 16.00

July, August
Monday - Sunday: 10.00 - 17.00

Admission free

Brand New Exhibition 2008

Follow the flock of sheep to Ferrycroft to discover why Lairg has always been a crossroads for people, wildlife and culture.  There are games, displays and experiences for all the family.

Become a wildlife detective – the clues are as strange as their owners.

Guide your salmon on a 3000 mile journey or lift it up Lairg dam.

Discover what farming families left on Ord Hill thousands of years ago.

Learn about the local wildlife from pine martens to black-throated divers.

Find out what happened when the Hydro Boys moved in or dress up as a forester.

Listen to local people telling their stories, watch their lives half a century ago and open the Lairg photo album.

Check out the best places in Sutherland for wildlife watching or discovering the past

Plan which route to take next at the Tourist Information Centre.

Meet animals, swing, run and jump, or picnic in Ferrycroft’s grounds.

Ferrycroft is the starting point for walks in Ferry Wood or up Ord Hill with its magnificent views and traces of past lives. Take the Ord Hill audio tour as your guide.

The project is funded by Forward Scotland, Highland 2007, Scottish Natural Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Forestry Commission and The Highland Council. Awards for All has provided additional funding for a film.

Originally created by Sutherland District Council with support from the European Regional Development Fund under the Highlands and Islands Objective 1 Partnership Programme, Highland Regional Council, Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise, Forest Authority, Forest Enterprise, Historic Scotland, Hydro-Electric, Scottish Natural Heritage and Sutherland Tourist Board.

Lairg Community Film Project July - Nov 2008

Ord Hill Audio Trail
State of the art technology. Use your mobile to listen in to conversations from 5000 years ago to the present.
Local call rates apply
English ~ (01549) 488082; Gàidhlig ~ (01549) 488083
Français ~ 00 44 (0)1549 488084; Deutsch ~ 00 44 (0)1549 488085

Final Report re Ferrycroft Refurbishment 2008

 

 

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