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

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.

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

High Street, Kingussie

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

🌍 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.
🌍 RZSS Highland Wildlife Park, ☎ +44 1540 651270. Safari park and zoo. (updated Apr 2017)
🌍 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)

Hillwalk. Kingussie is a good base for walking in the Cairngorms. (updated Jan 2017)
Newtonmore Highland Games are held there in early August. The next event is Sat 3 Aug 2019.

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

🌍 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)
🌍 Arden House, Newtonmore Rd, ☎ +44 1540 661369. (updated Apr 2017)

Routes through Kingussie

Inverness ← Aviemore ←

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→ Blair Atholl → Perth

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