Shopping
in Glencoe will proof to be a delight to shop-a-holics.
Plan your shopping trip with this shopping guide to
one of Scotland’s souvenir and gift havens in
the Glencoe, Fort William and Lochaber area.
The Granite House,
High Street, Fort William, 01397 703651. The shop
which truly has something for everyone! Downstairs
for gifts, cards, jewellery and novelties. Upstairs
you’ll find clothes, traditional music and
a great selection of candles.
The Hebridean Jewellery Shop,
High Street, Fort William, 01397 702033. Jewellery
and ornaments with a Celtic theme, you’ll
find beautiful Scottish crafts here.
Great Glen Confectionery Factory,
Old Ferry Road, North Ballachulish, 01855 821277.
One for those with a sweet tooth! They make their
own Islay Tablet and luxury chocolates on the premises
and stock a wide range of specialist Scottish food
and drinks. Free factory tours and tastings.
Cozy Knits, Strathview, Strontian,
01967 402279. Travel over the Corran Ferry (2.4)
to this busy craft workshop and tearoom. They produce
and sell batiks, hand spun knitwear, wooden toys
and pyrography.
Ballachulish Visitors Centre and Tourist
Information, Ballachulish, www.glencoe.uk.com,
01855 811296. Tourist information alongside a craft
shop with a good range of crafts and gifts. Nice
coffee, home-baking and light snacks. Open all year
except Christmas and New Years Day. 9 – 5,
later in summer.
Crafts & Things, Tighpuirt,
Glencoe, www.glencoe.u-net.com,
01855 811325. This traditional whitewashed cottage
contains a well stocked and varied craft shop, there’s
also a great selection of knitwear. Excellent snacks
in the coffee shop (13.5).
Argyll Pottery, Barcaldine, Near
Oban, 01631 720503. A828 to Oban, just past Sea
Life Centre (5.1). Range of tableware and individual
pieces. All pots are hand-made on the premises from
stoneware clay fired in a wood-fired kiln. Closed
Sundays.
