Badachro
Badachro
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Boats pulled up on the grass at Badachro | |
Badachro Location within the Highland council area | |
| OS grid reference | NG781736 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GAIRLOCH |
| Postcode district | IV21 |
| Dialling code | 01445 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Badachro (Scottish Gaelic: Bad a' Chrò, meaning "the copse of the pen")[1] is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland.
Geography
Badachro sits about 3 km south of Gairloch on the shore of Gair Loch, and is a natural harbour popular with yachts. [2] The Fairy Lochs lie approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south-east, and are the site of a 1945 plane crash which is now a designated war grave. The crash site has been preserved as a memorial to the USAAF servicemen who lost their lives in the accident and is accessible by a rough track near the Shieldaig Lodge Hotel.
Queen Victoria visited Shieldaig Lodge Hotel in 1877.[3]
Fishing
At the end of the nineteenth century, Badachro was a busy fishing village.[4] Cod landed there and at Gairloch, and were dried at one of two curing stations at Badachro. Today, lobster, crab, and prawns are fished for markets south of the town.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ "Badachro". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba – Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ Mark Hitchin. "Ardnamurchan Point to Gairloch". Knot Pilot. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ Malone, D. 'Exploring Gairloch’s South Side', Gairloch Museum, Printed The Gairloch and District Times.
- ^ a b "Badachro Inn and Bay". Am Baile. Highland Libraries. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2026.