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National Scenic Areas (Scotland)
There are 40 National Scenic Areas in Scotland, covering 13% of the country's land area which include spectacular mountain ranges, like the Skye Cuillins, Ben Nevis and Glencoe, island landscapes in the Hebrides and Northern Isles and richly diverse scenery such as in Perthshire, the Scottish Borders, and Dumfries and Galloway. The designation’s purpose is both to identify the finest scenery and to ensure its protection from inappropriate development.
They are broadly equivalent to the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty found in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Read MoreThey are broadly equivalent to the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty found in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Kyle of Tongue - Sutherland
At Midtown, there is a large sand spit which extends most of the way across the mouth of the Kyle of Tongue to Cnoc an Fhraeceadain opposite which has commanding views along the north coast of Scotland to Orkney in the east, to Durness and Arkle in the West. Also known as The Watch Hill it rises to just over a 1000 feet.
In 2004, television presenter Jeremy Clarkson controversially drove a Landrover Discovery across the heather moorland to the top of this hill to demonstrate its off-road capabilities on the BBC programme Top Gear, provoking the ire of environmentalists.
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