Fàilte Welcome
Welcome to the Highlands – a great place to live, work and play
Fàilte dhan Ghàidhealtachd Math airson fuireach, obair is cluich
The Highlands of Scotland is a land of superlatives. It has the highest mountains in Britain; the deepest and longest inland waters; it embraces both the most northerly and most westerly parts of mainland Britain; and it has the lowest density of population in Scotland, but not (contrary to some belief) the highest rainfall.
It has an enviable lifestyle and an unrivalled environment. It is a safe and health-promoting area with excellent schools and community facilities. Soon, the long-awaited UHI Millennium Institute will make university education a reality, offering a huge boost to the prestige and economy of the area. And the build up has begun for the Scottish Year of Highland Culture in 2007.
Journey times in, to and from the Highlands have been dramatically reduced by better roads and bridges, faster trains, expanded air services and modern roll-on, roll-off ferries. Distance has also been shrunk through state-of-the-art telecommunication systems that instantly connect the Highlands with the wider world of trade and commerce.
All in all it is a great place to live, work and play.
The key statistics for The Highlands of Scotland are:
- Total Land area: 26,484 sq km, this is 33% of Scotland or 11.4% of UK
- Population: 208,914
- Population Density: 8 per sq km (66 per sq km in Scotland)
- Length of Coastline: 4905 km
There are more detailed figures available in the 'External Links' box on the right
Also availalbe is a recently published guide to the Highlands. It is published as an Adobe PDF document and if you do not have Adobe Reader it is avaialble as a free download by selecting the icon to the right.
The guide is availlable in two forms. If you have a high speed internet connection you may like to download the complete guide in a single file. For those with slow speed internet connections you may prefer to download the separate chapters.
