Explore the Coigach and Assynt Living Landscape through the app and publications below:

The Local Guide to Coigach and Assynt App  

Coigach and Assynt’s Local Guide uses your phone’s GPS to automatically trigger rich audio content and deliver turn -by-turn audio content and interesting information relative to your surroundings and upcoming destinations.

  The Local Guide is available to download for free on Apple and Android devices from App Store or here.

Coigach & Assynt—A Walker’s Guide by Dougie Cunningham

An excellent new walking guide to the area featuring 26 walks.

Available at https://www.nwhgeopark.com/shop/ and in local bookshops. Price £11.99

 

Fishing in Assynt—An Oral History by Dave McBain

A fascinating history of fishing told in the words of local fishermen.

Available from Inverbank Newsagents Lochinver, Rock Stop in Unapool, Ceilidh Place in Ullapool, and the Ullapool Bookshop.  Or purchase online. Price £10.

Coigach Fisheries by Angus McLeod

A fascinating history of fishing told in the words of local fishermen.

On sale locally in Achiltibuie and Ullapool. Price £5, or online £6, including p&p, by emailing coigach.heritage@gmail.com.

 

Between Mountain and Sea – a dog’s adventure in Coigach & Assynt by Jenny Grant

A beautifully illustrated children’s book.

Available in FISK, Polbain, Dornoch and Ullapool Bookshop, or online from www.jennygrant.co.uk. Price £16.50 soft back; £23 hard back.

 

Wellies & Wildlife by West Sutherland Fisheries Trust

Fun outdoor activities for children of all ages.

Available at https://www.wsft.org.uk/index.php/shop and in local shops. Price £3.

 

The Coigach & Assynt Collection edited by Ronan Martin

Traditional music, songs, historic photos and stories from Coigach & Assynt.

Available online at https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-6P3PXE/the-coigach-and-assynt-collection. Price £20.

 

The Story of Achlochan by Lizzie Williams

 

A history of this small peninsula packed with heritage.

Available in local shops. Price £3.50

 

Butterflies of Assynt by Assynt Field Club

 

A wildlife guide beautifully illustrated with full colour photographs.

Available from Lochinver Newsagent, Ullapool Ceilidh Place, Ullapool Bookshop;

Elphin Tea Room and The Rock Stop near Kylesku. Price £3.

 

Clachtoll Broch—An Iron Age Home in Assynt edited by Charlotte Douglas

 

A non-technical guide to the archaeological discoveries made at Clachtoll Broch.

Available in local shops. Free to anyone who was a volunteer on the project and to each household in Assynt.  Usual price £5.

 

Gaelic Place Names of Assynt by Assynt Field Club

 

An explanation of the meaning of local Gaelic place names.

Free to browse at https://www.assyntplacenames.net/

 

Coigach—Who We Are by Fiona Taylor et al.

 

A stunning photographic collection of local people in their landscape.

Available in local shops. Price £40 or £25 for Coigach residents featured in the book.

 

Coigach & Assynt Sense of Place Toolkit by North West Highlands Geopark

 

A website full of information and inspiration to help people understand and communicate this unique area.

Free to browse at https://www.nwhgeopark.com/sense-of-place/

 

Women of Coigach – by Lisa MacDonald

 

Original poetry in Gaelic and English describing the lives of women young and old.

Available from local shops from end February 2022. Price £7.99