No bus, train, car, or simple road will take you to Britain’s most remote community village which has a population of over 100 people.
You will need to take a two-day hike from the nearest village to reach the most remote inhabited peninsula in the British Isles.
Inverie, the sole village of Knoydart looks like a strange world where everything seems to be functioning outside the norm.
It is located on the north side of Loch Nevis and, although on the mainland of Britain, the network of single-track roads surrounding the village is not connected to the rest of the British road network.
It is only reachable by a 17-mile (27-kilometre) hike over mountainous terrain or by a regular 7 mile (11 km) ferry from Mallaig.
This physical isolation gives the village a Guinness National Record for remoteness within the United Kingdom.
And those making the long journey are rewarded with a free beer by The Old Forge, the British mainland’s most remote pub.
The pub is owned by the locals and rewards those who manage the 15-mile hike across the Scottish mountains.
The survival of this village is mostly due to a 1999 buyout permitting the community to generate electricity, brew beer, cull venison and build a village hall on their own terms, reported MyLondon.
This came after a tragic clear out of residents in the 1750 highland clearances, making way for the more profitable sheep farming trade, which tore over 1000 people from their homes.
But, while the village sounds to be placed in a remote location, it is well developed with a hydro-electric system, Wi-Fi, a school with a handful of children and a bunkhouse with accommodation for 26 people and an electric mountain bike hire scheme.
Amazon deliveries are also carried out in the location with the help of the local post workers and the food is delivered through the ferry from Mallaig’s Co-op supermarket.
To reach this remote village, one can look for Western Isles Ferries ( westernislescruises.co.uk ) sails from Mallaig. The train from Glasgow ( scotrail.co.uk ) takes you right to Mallaig Harbour.
While intermediate walkers can start the walk at Kinloch Hourn over two days and stay overnight in a ‘bothy’, which is a basic shelter you can camp in, left open for anyone to use, more advanced walkers should be able to make the journey in one day.
