Venture North

Venture North is a group (founded in 2012) focusing on the promotion of tourism throughout Caithness and Sutherland, with a grass roots collaborative ethos.

If you are visiting this beautiful, most northerly part of Scotland then this is an essential app for you. Discover our three magnificent coasts, the vast open spaces of the Flow Country, and see the west in all its mountainous grandeur. Whoever you are and whatever gets your pulse racing, you will find a region rich in leisure opportunities. Go surfing at Thurso East's world famous reef break, or visit the northerly extremes of the UK mainland at Dunnet Head or John O'Groats. See Scotland's first European Geopark with its three billion year old rocks, spectacular mountains, and rolling hills in some of the wildest places in Britain. Unwind under the gigantic skies of our ancient land, and walk in the footsteps of our Norse or Pictish ancestors whose enigmatic architecture graces the landscape.

This app will guide you on your way around the tourist and heritage sites of the far north. Easily search for sites by name, type, or the features that they offer. Using the GPS facility in your mobile devices it will help you locate interesting locations nearby, and help you to find them easily. By downloading our offline maps pack you will be able to map your way around the two counties easily even without a connection to the internet. Swipe the search screen to the left for advanced search options.

This app relies on your GPS location to provide many of its features. If your GPS is turned off or if you are indoors and cannot get a GPS fix, then your location will be fixed roughly near the centre of Caithness and Sutherland. An icon beside the information button at the top of your screen will show whether or not your GPS location has been established.

Using our one touch options you can easily contact the sites that interest you, or find more information about them through social media, Google, YouTube, and other online resources.

Remember your favourite locations with a single click so that you can easily find them in future. Rate your favourites to help others find the best hidden gems.

Quickly find commonly required services close to your current location using the quick links options at the bottom of the site information screen. With options to find food and drink, accommodation, toilets, and WiFi facilities, you will never be far from life's first world essentials.

Find more information about a site (such as accessibility, opening hours, or contact details) by swiping the screen to the left on any site information page.