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 museum, several hotels, a variety of shops, takeaway restaurants, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local newspaper (Gairloch and District Times), radio station (Radio Wester Ross), beaches and nearby mountains. Gairloch is one of the principal villages on the North Coast 500 route.