Community bid to buy remotest mainland pub in Scotland

A local community is making a bid to buy the remotest mainland pub in Scotland. It is located in the village of Inverie (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Aoidh) which is on the north side of Loch Nevis (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nibheis). The Highland village is set in spectacular and beautiful scenery on the Knoydart (Scottish Gaelic: Cnòideart) peninsula in Lochaber. The pub is The Old Forge. Inverie is not connected to the rest of the national road network and can only be reached by a 18-mile (29-kilometre) hike or by a regular 7 mi (11 km) ferry from the port of Mallaig in Lochaber. 

Although remote the village is popular with visitors and the pub is clearly a good facility in that regard and contributes to the local economy.  However, the pub is also a focal point for local residents, not least during the winter months when the village can be particularly isolated. This bid, if successful, would not be the only such community buyout in Inverie. In 1999 the Knoydart Foundation purchased 17,200 acres (6,960 ha) of estate land on the peninsula for £750,000. The aim of the pub purchase would be that profits would be reinvested back into the community for projects to benefit locals and visitors alike.

Image: Highland village of Inverie/Inbhir Aoidh