What's to do

The village of Kinlochleven is surrounded by stunning mountains and scenery. The West Highland Way passes through Kinlochleven from the renowned Devils Staircase from Glencoe and the village is a popular stop off point for walkers and brings a steady stream of visitors looking for accommodation before setting off the following morning to Fort William. The walks in Kinlochleven have a character of their own. Many walks are of historical and scientific interest. Other activities include climbing, kayaking, sailing and fishing.

Kinlochleven offers a wide selection of accommodation and places to eat, post office & gift shop, shops and a range of retail outlets, doctors surgery, weekly banking facilities, 24 hour cashline facilities, hairdressers, library, community centre and much more.

Kinlochleven proudly hosts the Pre-65 Motorbike Event along with the Scottish Six Day Trials www.ssdt.org. Another yearly event is the Caledonian Challenge www.caledonianchallenge.com.

The Caledonian Challenge is a 54 mile walk that around 1,500 participants from all over the world aim to complete in 24 hours. It follows the West Highland Way for the majority of the route, finishing in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. All money raised in sponsorship goes to the Scottish Community Foundation, which in turn gives out grants to small Scottish Charities. If you are interested taking part by volunteering a few hours of your time in return for a donation to your community please contact moira@kinlochleven.co.uk for further information.

As an adition to the Pre 65 Event (and creating a wee bit of history) the first Moidart Penninsula Classic Road Run 2010 will take place.  This road run is for mature riders on old classic mototbikes who are no longer fit or able to ride the event but still want to be in Kinlochleven to soak up the atmosphere.

This run will be held on Thursday 29th April 2010 and will assemble in the viaduct car park for signing on and departing at 9am and returning to there to sign off at approx 5pm.  This event has the full support of the Pre 65 Trial Organisers.  Historically (pre 1965) the Six Day Trials route took in the Moidart Penninsula so this additional run will bring back a lot of memories!