A village that owes its very existence to the bounteous riches of the sea, Ullapool also boasts a real depth of cool culture and creativity

Galloping into Loch Broom aboard the classic Tall Ship Thalassa is an apposite way to arrive in Ullapool . This is a village that owes its very existence to the sea, founded in 1788 by the British Fisheries Society.

Ullapool has experienced more than its fair share of ups and downs since those embryonic days, but today shines as a beacon of great seafood, life-affirming live music, rich arts and epic scenery in wild and wildly beautiful Wester Ross.

The name Ullapool may have Norse roots and there is evidence of settlement in the local area as far back as prehistoric times, but it took uber-engineer Thomas Telford to really put the village on the

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