A STUNNING 15-mile beach which is part of a 9000-acre estate on the popular NC500 route has hit the market with a local community organisation considering a buyout.
Achnahaird beach has gone up for sale along with the 8887-acre coastal estate in Coigach, Wester Ross, for around £2.7 million.
The estate agent Strutt and Parker have listed Badentarbat Estate, which is on the tourist hotspot NC500 route, and described it as a “significant portion of the Coigach peninsula”.
Strutt and Parker's agents have also said the estate provides “significant sporting opportunities” in the listing.
The sale of the estate includes a six-bedroom lodge, four named Summer Isles, common grazing areas, and 15-miles of coastline.
The Summer Isles are a group of 30 islands which vary in size and are renowned for their beauty and are located across from Achiltibuie on the mainland.
Four of them, Eilean a’Char, Eilean Chonaid, Eilean Fada Beag, and Eilean a’Ehuic, are included in the estate sale.
The Coigach Community Development Company (CCDC) have organised an open discussion about the community’s right to buy the estate.
The community organisation has said buying the estate for the community allows them to build homes and manage the land themselves for future generations to come.
A post on social media by the CCDC said: “Coigach’s Badentarbet Estate is currently advertised for sale on the open market.
“In Scotland communities have a right to buy the land that is important to them when it goes up for sale. CCDC is one vehicle for the community to achieve this. Another is a Crofting Community.
“CCDC is hosting an open discussion meeting for all in the Coigach Community Hall on June 27 at 6pm. There will be an independent chairperson and the staff team will present some ideas and we will decide together how to proceed.
“Many communities have bought an estate in Scotland, this gives them the options to build housing, and manage their land themselves for future generations.”
