Kingussie is a town in the Scottish Highlands. Kingussie is in the Cairngorms National Park, and is a good base for exploring the park.

Ruthven Barracks

Get in

By train

• Scotrail services link Kingussie with Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness several times a day.
• LNER runs a daily service between Inverness and London via Kingussie. The service calls at principal stations including Edinburgh, Newcastle and York.
• The Caledonian Sleeper also connects the town with London six nights a week.

By car

• Kingussie is just off the A9, the main road north to Inverness.

By bus

Most of the buses along the A9 bypass Kingussie, and there's usually only one Citylink bus per day from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.

Get around

High Street, Kingussie

The town can easily be explored on foot, but a car or bicycle could be useful for seeing the surrounding countryside.

See

• 1 Ruthven Barracks. Always open. A ruined 18th century fort, stands just across the Spey about 1 mile from the railway station. Maintained by Historic Scotland. Free. (updated Aug 2019)
• 2 RZSS Highland Wildlife Park (5 miles NE of Kingussie), ☏ +44 1540 651270. Safari park and zoo. (updated Apr 2017)
• 3 Highland Folk Museum, Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie Road, Newtonmore, PH20 1AY, ☏ +44 1540 673551. Apr-Aug daily 10:30-17:30, Sep-Oct daily 11:00-16:30, Nov-Mar closed. Open air museum of ordinary highland life based in nearby Newtonmore. Free, donations welcome. (updated Apr 2017)

Do

• Walk: Kingussie is a good base for walking in the Cairngorms.
• Newtonmore Highland Games are held there in early August on "The Eilean". The next event is probably Sat 1 Aug 2020 but tbc.

Buy

• 1 Co-op Food, 24 High St Kingussie PH21 1RH. Daily 06:00-22:00. Convenience supermarket. (updated Aug 2019)

Eat

• 1 The Cross at Kingussie, Tweed Mill Brae, Ardbroilach Road PH21 1LB, ☏ +44 1540 661166. AA five star rated restaurant with rooms. (updated Aug 2019)
• 2 Tipsy Laird, 68 High St PH21 1HZ, ☏ +44 1540 661708. Daily 11:00-23:00. Restaurant and bunkhouse (beds from £20). Mains from £10. (updated Aug 2019)

Sleep

• 1 Greystones B&B, Acres Road (At the Kingussie traffic lights turn up Ardbroilach Road. Take the 4th right turn into Acres Road, Greystones B&B is to the end on the right.), ☏ +44 1540 661052. Lovely house, very friendly owners who have dogs in the house. from £30 (breakfast from £6). (updated Jan 2017)
• 2 Arden House, Newtonmore Rd, ☏ +44 1540 661369. (updated Apr 2017)

Go next

• Aviemore
• Fort William
• Blair Atholl

Routes through Kingussie

Inverness ← Aviemore ←

NE  S

→ Blair Atholl → Perth