As part of the activities during the ‘Get Set for Summer’, fun family event in the Northern Meeting Park, in Inverness, on Saturday 24 June, the Inverness Castle team are inviting people to come along, build sandcastles and have a chat about the Inverness Castle Experience, due to open as a visitor attraction in 2025…. Read more »Read more
The Northern Meeting Park gates will be opened to members of the public from 11am-5pm on Saturday 24th June for ‘Get Set For Summer’, a charitable event piloted collaboratively by High Life Highland and LCC Live, with the aim of giving back to the community. Entry to the family-friendly fun day out will be completely… Read more »Read more
High Life Highland is delighted to announce its new partnership with children’s charity Safe Strong and Free. The partnership announcement comes as Safe Strong and Free embarks on its 2023 Highland Heroes campaign, which aims to raise awareness for the work the Highland-registered charity undertakes across the Highlands and beyond. Speaking about the new… Read more »Read more
Alness Leisure will be extending its opening hours from Friday 30th June to Friday 11th August every Monday through to Thursday. New opening hours will include the halls, pitches, and swimming pool. The centre offers lessons and sessions to keep families and children entertained, plus the pool’s six lane competition-style layout makes the experience a… Read more »Read more
This year, ‘Outlander Day’ will be taking place from 11am to 4pm on Saturday 10th June at the Highland Folk Museum. Based on the popular books by Diana Gabaldon, the 2014 series ‘Outlander’ has built a mass following, with many fans visiting the mile-long Highland Folk Museum to take in the sights and locations used… Read more »Read more
If you have been looking for motivation to get your workout routine going, the team at High Life Highland is offering you the chance: Inverness Leisure Centre will be hosting an Open Day on Sunday 11th June 2023 where members of the public are invited to come along and try out the facilities at no… Read more »Read more
This month sees the launch of a new podcast ‘Spirit: Discovering the Highlands and Islands’ exploring all aspects of life across the Highlands and Islands. In the four-part series people who live and work in the Highlands and Islands talk about the ‘spirit’ of the area from their own perspective. Interviews were carried out in… Read more »Read more
With summer fast approaching, the team at High Life Highland’s Inverness Botanic Gardens has been hard at work to grow and curate over 1000 hanging flower baskets for display all over the Highlands. Many of the hanging baskets are bespoke to match the requirements of local businesses, to keep consistent with their own branding. Ewan… Read more »Read more
This week, the digital team on the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project have launched a new feature on the website (discoverhighlandsandislands.scot) that allows people to build custom journeys, from already curated itineraries, or to create new ones from scratch, from over one hundred locations across the Highlands and Islands. Suggested itineraries are based… Read more »Read more
Wednesday, 31 May, will see the first deployment of a crane at Inverness Castle, which will be on-site to install structural steelwork and mechanical plant within the existing roof spaces of the former prison building, referred to as the North Tower. The crane will be on site for one full day and will allow for… Read more »Read more
