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The Boat House, Pier Road, Aultbea, Achnasheen, Highland, IV22

Key Features

  • Outstanding opportunity with potential for multiple uses
  • AirBNB potential
  • Stunning location over-looking Loch Ewe
  • Freehold property
  • Set in the stunning North West Highlands
  • Secure storage or recreational use for boating and water sports or commercial use
  • Former coastguard building
  • Bid now! To avoid missing out

Description

An exceptional opportunity to acquire a former Coastguard building set on private plot, perched directly on the shores of Loch Ewe in the picturesque west coast, Highland village of Aultbea.

The property offers stunning lochside views and immediate access to the water, making it ideal for those seeking a secure base for boating, jet-skiing, or other marine activities, or for buyers with vision to redevelop the building (subject to planning) for residential or short term let use.

This unique site could also make an outstanding holiday let location, capitalising on the area's growing tourism appeal and breath-taking Highland scenery with a potentially exceptional income available with conversion to unique/ quirky AirBNB or short-term rental property.

Key Highlights

· Former Coastguard building

· Ideal lochside position with uninterrupted views over Loch Ewe

· Excellent potential for redevelopment or conversion, subject to consents

· Secure storage or recreational use for boating and water sports or commercial use

· Situated within the sought-after Ross-shire coastal region

· Freehold (Heritable) title - vacant possession

· Electricity, water and waste connected. Phone line in place for connection.

Location

The property lies on the west side of Pier Road in the charming village of Aultbea, overlooking Loch Ewe. The A832 provides easy links to the A835 and onwards to the A9 for Inverness and the wider Highlands.

Aultbea is a stunning, small, coastal fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 kilometres west of Ullapool.

Local amenities include Aultbea Stores, cafes, and small shops, while further services and larger supermarkets are available in Inverness. Rail services operate from Achnasheen Station, offering connections towards Inverness and the west coast.

Maclennan Park and the surrounding coastline offer excellent walking, fishing, and wildlife opportunities.

Planning

Local Authority: Highland Council Website:

The property may offer potential for change of use and/or redevelopment, subject to obtaining the necessary consents. Interested parties are advised to make their own planning enquiries directly with the local authority.
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Outstanding opportunity with potential for multiple uses

AirBNB potential

Stunning location over-looking Loch Ewe

Freehold property

Set in the stunning North West Highlands

Secure storage or recreational use for boating and water sports or commercial use

Former coastguard building

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-08-08

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

80 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Bualnaluib Primary School934 metres
    Pupils
    29
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Poolewe Primary School5.2 miles
    Pupils
    9
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Gairloch Primary School8.5 miles
    Pupils
    56
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Scoraig School10 miles
    Pupils
    6
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Achiltibuie Primary School15 miles
    Pupils
    12
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Gairloch High School8.5 miles
    Pupils
    89
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Ullapool High School17 miles
    Pupils
    173
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Plockton High School35 miles
    Pupils
    213
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Portree High School37 miles
    Pupils
    494
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • The Nicolson Institute38 miles
    Pupils
    1,022
    Type
    Non-denominational

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Morrisons Daily Gairloch Achtercairn, Gairloch8.5 miles
Co-op Gairloch - Main Road, Gairloch8.5 miles
Tesco Ullapool Superstore, Ullapool16 miles

GP surgery

Aultbea & Gairloch Medical Practice0.6 miles

Pharmacy

Two Lochs Dispensing Ltd8.5 miles

Green space

Play Space99 metres

Walking trail

Aultbea Shore71 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Achnasheen Rail Station27 miles

Nearest bus stop

Pier Road78 metres

Typical drive times

Inverness (city)1 hr 42 min · 77 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Within SEPA's mapped coastal flood extentMapped risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)

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