Kingussie

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.
• East Coast 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

• Buses from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, operated by Citylink.

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. Open all the time. A ruined eighteenth-century fort, stands just across the Spey, a short walk from the railway station. Maintained by Historic Scotland. Free.  
• 2 RZSS Highland Wildlife Park, ☎ +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

• Hillwalk. Kingussie is a good base for walking in the Cairngorms. (updated Jan 2017)

Buy

• 1 Co-op, 24 High St.. daily 6am - 10pm. Supermarket (updated Apr 2017)

Eat

• 1 The Cross at Kingussie, Tweed Mill Brae, Ardbroilach Road, PH21 1LB, ☎ +44 1540 661166. AA five star rated restaurant with rooms 
• 2 The Tipsy Laird, 68 High St, ☎ +44 1540 661708. dinner Tue - Sat 5pm - 9pm & Sun 5pm - 8pm, lunch Wed - Sun 12pm - 4pm. Restauarant and bunkhouse (beds from £20) mains fom £10. (updated Apr 2017)

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 ←

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→ Blair Atholl → Perth