Balineo Wood

Balineo Wood is a forest in Highland Council, Scotland. Balineo Wood is situated nearby to the village Culrain, as well as near Invershin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carbisdale Castle and Invershin railway station.

Carbisdale Castle

Castle

Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.

Invershin railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 61 miles 34 chains from Inverness, between Culrain and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

Culrain railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonar Bridge and Ardgay.

Bonar Bridge

Village

Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bonar Bridge is a village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland to the west and the Dornoch Firth to the east in the Parish of Creich in the Highland council area of Scotland.

Ardgay

Village

Photo: Graeme Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ardgay ard-GY is a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and is 1 mile south from Bonar Bridge and lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron and is at the mouth of the Kyle of Sutherland.