Heading to The NC500?

Scotland's access rights do not cover vehicles, local patience is thin, and services are sparse — plan nights before you set off.

Local goodwill has collapsed here; how you park matters more than anywhere else in the UK.

What is on our map there

39 campsites and caravan sites and 70 motorhome service points (19 with drinking water) within about 90 km — from OpenStreetMap, honestly labelled as not yet verified. See them on the map →

Getting there

• From Manchester - distance, time and the stops on the way
• From Glasgow - distance, time and the stops on the way

Read before you park

• The NC500 in a motorhome — 516 miles, two roads a large motorhome should avoid, and a route where how long you take is now a question of …
• The NC500 in 7 days — Seven nights, clockwise from Inverness, routed for a vehicle over 6 metres. Real daily distances, where the dr…
• Is wild camping legal in Scotland in a motorhome? — Scotland's right to roam is real, and it does not cover your motorhome. What the law actually says, and where …

The bit nobody says

Wherever you are heading: arrive with a plan for the night rather than an intention to find somewhere. The places that stay open to campers are the ones where campers arranged it first — a phone call in the afternoon beats a search at 10pm, every time.