Badachro

Badachro
Small fishing boats pulled up on grassy shore in foreground, with yachts moored in a sheltered bay and hills beyond
Boats pulled up on the grass at Badachro
Badachro is located in Highland
Badachro
Badachro
Location within the Highland council area
OS grid referenceNG781736
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGAIRLOCH
Postcode districtIV21
Dialling code01445
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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57°41′51″N 5°43′29″W / 57.69738°N 5.72468°W / 57.69738; -5.72468

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

  1. ^ "Badachro". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba – Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  2. ^ Mark Hitchin. "Ardnamurchan Point to Gairloch". Knot Pilot. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  3. ^ Malone, D. 'Exploring Gairloch’s South Side', Gairloch Museum, Printed The Gairloch and District Times.
  4. ^ a b "Badachro Inn and Bay". Am Baile. Highland Libraries. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2026.

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