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The Fired-Art Cafe

THE place to eat in Fort William

Parties at Fired Art

Great fun for all to be had!

Accommodation

Strathassynt Guest House

Quality guest house situated in Ballachulish.

Achnabobane Farmhouse

Situated in Spean Bridge, Achnabobane Farmhouse strives to offer Guests an excellent standard of accommodation and customer comfort.

Balcarres Bed and Breakfast

Quality Bed and Breakfast in Fort William commanding spectacular views.

Invergarry Hotel

A Perfect Highland Retreat - On the River Garry

Loch Leven Holiday Accommodation

Self catering chalet or B&B accommodation with fantastic views over the Glencoe Hills and a private pebble beach.

Inchree Centre

A family-run holiday centre, midway between Ben Nevis & Glencoe. High-quality, good-value chalet, room & hostel accommodation, with on-site pub & restaurant.

Fern Villa

A guesthouse situated in the village of Ballachulish, just over a mile from the Pass of Glencoe and fifteen miles south of Fort William, Fern Villa is your ideal base for touring the west of Scotland

Coinachan Guest House

Adventure, Exploration, Relaxation and More! Dorothy and Joe welcome you with stunning views from this exciting guest house near Spean Bridge. See their unique website for details on accommodation plus Textile Trails.....

The Inn at Ardgour

Situated on shores of Loch Linnhe near the Corran Narrows and voted Inn of the Year 2000,2004 and 2006.

The Corran Inn

Debbi and Andy welcome you to this 250 year old Scottish coaching inn by the shores of Loch Linnhe by the Corran Narrows.

Distant Hills Guest House

Peter and Lesley McIntosh welcome you to their Highland Guest House in the village of Spean Bridge amongst some of the most spectacular scenery in the Highlands.

Birchbrae Lodges

Seven luxury self catering Scandinavian style holiday lodges set in a peaceful and secluded woodland clearing eight miles south of Fort William in the Highlands of Scotland

Glen Nevis Holidays

Award winning holiday accommodation ranging from cottages to camping - voted Best Park 2006 by AA. At the foot of Ben Nevis its location is unbeatable.

Adventure Activities

Rockhopper Sea Kayaking

Rockhopper Sea Kayaking is a fully mobile provider of guided sea kayaking trips and sea kayaking instruction based near Fort William on the West Coast of Scotland.

Quad Bike Tours

Quad Bike tours, guided off road quad biking trips near Fort William, Highlands of Scotland.

West Coast Mountain Guides

Based in Fort William in the dramatic Highlands of Scotland, offering quality mountain guiding services to all those wishing to improve their mountaincraft skills.

Events: Fort William

Lochaber Gathering

A prestigious competitive event for many of the world’s top solo Highland Pipers, held in Fort William 4th August 2007.

Surrogate Pink Floyd Show

Fort William September 7th. An unmissable live experience. Over 2 hours of classic Pink Floyd performed by one of the best bands in the country.

Scots Trad Music Awards 2006

The Scots Trad Music Awards ceremony will take place at The Nevis Centre, Fort William on Sat 2nd Dec 2006. Check the website for full weekend event listing including FREE fringe events at Fired-Art.

Fort William's Hogmanay Event 2007

Stay tuned to the Highland Hogmanay website for details of an even bigger and better New Year's celebration in 2007.

Fort William High Street Christmas Festival

The 2006 festival was bigger and better than the last one - keep an eye out for updates on Festival 2007...

UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

In September 2007 the global mountain biking community will be focused on a Fort William for the World Championships.

Blas Festival

Blas Festival is rapidly establishing itself as the Highlands' premier Gaelic and traditional music festival. Blas takes place in venues across the Highlands, in Fort William September 3-9, and includes an eclectic line-up of local, national and international artists.

Fort William Mountain Festival

Held from 3rd February to 16th March 2007, the Fort William Film Festival grows from strength to strength. Lectures, Exhibitions, Workshops and more!

Events: Highlands

Rockness Festival on shores of Loch Ness

Fat Boy Slim headlined in 2006 at this newest and biggest music festival in the Highlands on the shores of beautiful Loch Ness.

Belladrum Tartan Hearts Festival

Music festival in Beauly. JUST GO

Loopallu Little Fest in the West

Little Fest in the West in Ullapool- packed with the biggest and the best music and arts.

Fort William Sites

The Ice Factor

Walker, Climber, Complete Beginner or Family looking for an adventure packed day there is something for you at the Ice Factor - the National Ice Climbing Centre.

Outdoor Capital of the UK

Info on the workings of OCUK - that's Fort William of course!

HotScot Technology

HotScot are web site designers based in Fort William.

Vertical Descents

Home of Adventure Activities at Onich, Fort William. Canyoning, Kayaking, Paintballing.....

Visit Fort William

A great guide to Fort William and Lochaber, "The Outdoor Capital of the UK"

General Scottish Websites

Glencoe National Trust for Scotland

Glencoe is internationally famous for its amazing landscape, its natural and cultural heritage. Learn about the conservation of this area of oustanding natural beauty.

Acitivity Point

Activities, attractions and places to visit in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Undiscovered Scotland

An ultimate online guide to Scotland. This site is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory.

Tourist TV Scotland

Explore your online informational video guide to the adventures, sights, activities, destinations & attractions of Scotland.

Local Arts and Craft Sites

Resipole Studios

Artist studios and gallery in the heart of Ardnamurchan.

Jamie Hageman Mountain Artist

Talented young mountain artist bring the scottish hills to life with his intricate and photo-realistic paintings.

Art Galore

Creative Breakways in the Highlands of Scotland. Art Galore will organise the holiday YOU want. Based on arts and crafts but can organise...well anything really!

Andrew Swingler Jewellery

Manufacturing jeweller and silversmith in Onich

Retreat Gallery

On-line gallery-shop of a unique retreat and gallery in the Highlands of Scotland. Exquisite needlepoint kits and landscape photographs.

Little BoPeep

Creating quality natural products for children. Beautiful hand-made dolls, booties and bags are available by Little BoPeep from Fired-Art

Local Businesses

Lochaber Native Woodlands

Services relevant to sustainable land management and rural development, focusing particularly on the upland habitats and land-use systems which dominate the Highlands and Islands

West Highland Museum

A fascinating insight into the history and people of the West Highlands of Scotland.

Music: Bands

Man from Michael

Playing at Fired Art on 5 December 2007!

Stereoglo - Fort's adopted sons...

This amazing four piece band from Isle of Skye are now firm favourites in Fort William. New release from Dec 2006...

Kathryn Williams & Neil MacColl

Kathryn, a supremely talented mercury prize nominee with an unrivalled critical reputation has teamed up with Neil - an amazing guitarist/vocalist and member of a hugely influential musical clan.

Frankly Music!

Wonderful trio as tribute to Rat Pack era...

Slow Club

Rebecca and Charles make up this incredible duo of song..they played live Nov 2006 at Fired Art Cafe.

Miles Hunt - The Wonderstuff frontman

Plays live at Fired-Art 19th November 2005

Amy MacDonald

check out this fab Glaswegian singer/ sonwriter who wowed the First 60 Club with her power-vocals.

Tiny Dancers

Their new album rocks! Check them out - they're gonna be huge...

Saw Doctors

Fab Irish folk band rocked Fort William 1.7.06

Carson

Fort William rock band came home to play April 2006 at B A Club.

Eastern Lane

Great Indie band Eastern Lane were live at B A Club April 2006.

Calamateur

Showcased at Fired-Art in Feb 2005 during GoFw Festival, Fort William. Fantastic sounds...go to the website and you'll see what we mean.

Le Reno Amps

Le Reno Amps showcased their music at Fired-Art in Feb 2005 as part of GoFW Festival. Go to their website for a taster of their amazing lyrics and music...better still, buy the CD!

Poor Old Ben

Showcased at Fired-Art during the GoFW Festival.

Angus and Julia Stone

Aussie brother and sister duo with distinctive vocals and pure, honest music.

Music: Other

J T Music

Its nice to know there is someone madder than us in Fort William! Please go and have a look at this wee shop in Inverlochy PACKED with all things musical including a completely insane Jason who can teach you amazing things with strings. If you want to learn guitar, don't go anywhere else!!

Hi-Arts

Highland and Islands own arts, music and cultural website. The Booth on-line tickets.

Make Tracks

The newest online record label from Highlands & Islands, Channel 4's IDEASFACTORY MAKE TRACKS promote the best of the area's contemporary music.

GoEvents

Showcasing exciting musical talent from the Highland and Islands area.

Beyond - Highlands and Islands Music Promotions

If you don't check out this site you won't know what's going on in the music world in the Highlands will you?

Other pottery places!

Bothy Ceramics

In Guildtown, Perthshire, go meet the Bothy Girls for some pottery painting fun!

Places to Eat

Clachaig Inn

Award Winning Pub with fab food, good music and wonderful settings. Beer is good too!

The Ariundle Centre

Craft centre and gift shop, tea shop and restaurant all in one...newly refurbished.

Shopping in Fort William

Offbeat Bikes

Off Beat Bikes is a fantastic cycle and running centre situated on the high street of Fort William, the Outdoor Capital of the UK.

The Granite House

A treat of a shop on Fort William High Street, The Granite House - Giftmongers since 1977 is a world famous destination store for the unusual. Scottish Gift Retailer of the Year 2003 and runner-up in 2006.

Lieu Bears

A High Street store featuring hand made teddy bears made locally in Fort William - ideal for presents or just for yourself!

Totally unrelated sites but interesting!

Read Desco Ltd

A dabble in the dairy industry!