Redpoint, Highland
Redpoint
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Redpoint Location within the Highland council area | |
| OS grid reference | NG744687 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gairloch |
| Postcode district | IV21 |
| Dialling code | 01445 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Redpoint (Scottish Gaelic: An Rubha Dearg, lit. 'the red headland')[1] is a small settlement in the north west of Highland, Scotland. It takes its name from Red Point, a low promontory to the south, which marks a turn in the coastline from facing west to south east as it becomes Loch Torridon.[2]
Redpoint lies about 10 miles (16 km) south west of Gairloch, at the end of the B8056 road.[3] A path leading from the road leads to a viewpoint from which it is possible (on a clear day) to see the Isle of Skye's Trotternish Ridge and also the Isle of Harris and Isle of Lewis.[4]
The villages of South Erradale, Opinan and Port Henderson are north along the B8056 coast road.[5]
Scottish electronic music band Boards of Canada released the album Geogaddi in 2002 that contains the track "The Beach at Redpoint".[6]
References
- ^ "Redpoint/An Rubha Dearg". Gaelic Place-names of Scotland. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ "Redpoint Feature Page". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Smail, Alexander (14 May 2025). "The secret Scottish NC500 beach you need to visit while the weather is hot". The Daily Record. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
From Gairloch, it is approximately a 10 mile journey to reach the pretty and secluded shores of Red Point. Luckily, there is a car park near the beach at the end of the B8056 road.
- ^ "Red Point Beaches". walkhighlands. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Highland and Argyll Local Plan District (LPD 1): Draft flood risk management plans 2022-2028 (PDF) (Report). Scottish Environment Protection Agency. July 2021. p. 38. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
Flooding at the junction of the A832 and B8056 cuts off road access to the communities of Shieldaig, Badachro, Opinan, Port Henderson, South Erradale and Redpoint which are all accessed by the B8056.
- ^ Hopwood, Christian (2002). "Boards of Canada: Geogaddi Review". BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2025.