The only accommodation on shores of Loch Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland
Bed and Breakfast accommodation (optional dinner)
Scottish Tourist Board and disabled award 3
Recommended by Condé Nast Johansens.

Above; Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt. Ruddyglow Park is just behind the hill in the middle.

Ruddyglow Park
Loch Assynt
By Lairg
Sutherland
Scotland

Ruddyglow Park is a small boutique Bed and Breakfast in the awe-inspiring wilderness of the North West Highlands of Sutherland in the far North West of the Scottish mainland. The house is nestled between the foothills of Quinag and Loch Assynt in a much loved 4 acre garden full of trees and shrubs, a quiet haven in a landscape that is incomprehensibly ancient and breathtakingly beautiful.

Patricia Filmer-Sankey who owns and runs the house is a native of the parish of Assynt and a Director of the Assynt Foundation which manages the Glencanisp and Drumrunie estates to the South of Loch Assynt, so she is just the person to ask if you would like help in arranging a specialised holiday: deer-stalking, fishing (including Ferox), walking tours and guided walks and activities with local rangers. Also cycling, caving, mountaineering, birdwatching (eagles, peregrine falcons, greenshanks, etc.), boat trips, photography, geology. But...

...if you want to just be here and do absolutely nothing - just taking in all the space and tranquillity - Ruddyglow Park is warm and welcoming and just the place to be.

6 miles from Lochinver, less than 40 miles from Ullapool. Drumbeg and Kylesku, Handa Island, Durness, Cape Wrath and the far North are all within an easy drive.

Accommodation:

"Attention to detail, guests wishes, their comfort and enjoyment are what this house runs on."

The beds have luxury pure goose-down duvets, the finest Egyptian cotton sheets, orthopaedic mattresses with a medium to firm support. The bedrooms have DVD, CD, MP3 Players and tea/coffee making facilities.

Both the bathrooms have an 8 jet whirlpool bath, a power shower, thick bathrobes and towels, good quality bathroom products, hairdryers and other essential bathroom items.

Above left and right;
Twin Bedroom (which has a private bathroom) and the view from the window to Loch Assynt and mountains beyond.

Below left and right, and right;
Double Bedroom with bathroom en suite and the view from the window to Loch Assynt and mountains beyond.

Right;
The Drawing Room.

Log fire and comfortable sofas, original paintings and antique furniture

...and more wonderful views across the loch.

At Ruddyglow Park you also have the option of staying in the very comfortable Lodge, and coming down to the house (about 25 yards) for breakfast.
See Ruddyglow Park Lodge bed and breakfast

Breakfast:

Right;
The breakfast table.

Breakfast can be as extensive and as substantial as you like. A cooked breakfast with all the trimmings ( Venison sausages are a must) or fish, or cheese and cold meat or delicious vegetarian alternatives.

Dinner (optional, advance notice required) is equally homemade and substantial and yummy.

Soups, local deep-dived scallops, venison roasts, trifles and puddings.

Patricia is an excellent and intuitive cook and she uses mostly organic and local produce. You will be well looked after!

Tariff: 2008

From £115 for the Twin Bedroom
From £130 for the Master Bedroom
From £150 for the Lodge Suite
including breakfast.

Optional 5 course Dinner (starter, main course, pudding, cheese, coffee & chocolates) is normally £45.00
Supper is £25.00 (starter and main or main and pudding).

Special packages always available. Or if you have any particular requirements, please to ask.

For sporting guests there is a drying room, rod room, secure gun cabinet and freezer available.

Children over the age of 14 years are welcome.
No smoking in the house please but allowed in the garden.
No pets in the house, please, - but the outdoor kennel can be used.

To enquire or to book:

You can also stay in The Lodge, a cosy cabin for two on a hillock beside the house (also looking out onto Loch Assynt) - a romantic hideaway with breakfast in the main house!

Please contact:
Patricia Filmer Sankey
email: patricia@ruddyglowpark.com
Ruddyglow Park
Loch Assynt
By Lairg
Sutherland
Scotland
IV27 4HB
Scotland, UK
Tel: 01571 822216
Fax:01571 822216
or from outside the UK:
Tel: 44 1571 822216
Fax: 44 1571 822216

Please tell Patricia you found Ruddyglow Park through About Scotland!

Double bedroom photograph courtesy of Martin Morrison.
Second Drawing Room photo courtesy of Patricia.

Map of the area:

The landscape of this most sparsely populated area of Europe is formed by an extraordinary geological past.