INVERNESS | 4K Narrated Walking Tour | Let's Walk 2021

Join me for a walk around the centre of Britain's most northerly city: Inverness! Located just a stone's throw from the shores of Loch Ness, which lends its name to the city, Inverness is the historic capital of Scotland's legendary Highlands, and a treasure trove of history and gorgeous natural scenery in the country's far north.

As we walk around Inverness, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Inverness Castle, the River Ness, the statue of Flora MacDonald, Tolbooth Steeple, Inverness Town House, Falcon Square, Inverness Mercat Cross, Inverness Station, the Victorian Market, Abertarff House, Dunbar's Hospital, the Old Gaelic Church, the Old High Church, Free North Church, Greig Street Bridge (the 'Bouncy Bridge'), Balnain House, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Ness Bridge, Columba Hotel, Palace Hotel and Inverness Cathedral.

Thank you so much to the following sites which really helped me out in my research of Inverness:

0:00 Inverness Castle
0:22 River Ness
1:03 Inverness Castle
1:14 Statue of Flora MacDonald
1:45 Inverness Castle
2:47 Castle Wynd
3:55 Tolbooth Steeple
4:34 Inverness Town House
5:18 High Street
6:39 Market Brae Steps
6:57 Inglis Street
7:42 Academy Street
7:52 Falcon Square and New Mercat Cross
8:40 Academy Street
9:12 Station Square
9:30 Royal Highland Hotel
9:39 Inverness Station
10:14 Cameron Highlanders Memorial (The Soldier at the Station)
10:43 The Victorian Market
11:30 Academy Street
11:43 Platform 8 Pub
11:54 Academy Street
12:07 Queensgate
13:18 Hootananny
13:32 Abertarff House
14:15 Church Street
14:31 The King's Highway
14:49 Church Street
15:16 Dunbar's Hospital
15:54 Church Street
16:12 Old Gaelic Church
16:42 Old High Church
17:34 Friar's Lane
17:46 Bank Street
18:08 Free North Church
18:44 Greig Street Bridge (the Bouncy Bridge)
20:40 Huntly Street
20:54 Balnain House
21:28 Huntly Street
21:51 View of Inverness across the River Ness
22:24 Huntly Street
22:34 St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
23:08 Huntly Street
24:57 Ness Bridge
25:52 Inverness Castle
26:13 Ness Bridge
26:34 Ness Walk
27:02 Columba Hotel
27:22 Palace Hotel
27:42 Ness Walk
28:59 Inverness Cathedral
30:55 River Ness
31:14 Thank you for watching!

Stats for nerds:

Distance walked: 1.4 miles/2.3km
Step count: 2800 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 30 mins 41 secs
Average speed: 2.7mph/4.4kmh

Please do not use any footage from this video without my permission.

[Barry]

Can't wait to visit Inverness for the Loch Ness marathon on the 1st of October.

[Nortic]

Thankyou so much for covering my dear Inverness! And very well done on all researching it's history so thoroughly!

[areesaengsiriwuthowaboutwh]

Thank you for the lovely and historic walking tour. We will follow the route in next week.

[hfkfurh]

Thank you for another excellent tour. I love the architecture and I find it staggering that so many old buildings look so good.
Looking forward to the next one.

[simonh]

I would love to live there. I love your channel!

[AHylianWarrior]

My city! The city centre may only be a short walk from my house, but I admittedly haven't been in it for a while lol One thing about the old hospital is it was used to line up injured Jacobite soldiers to shoot them (you can even see some of the bullet indentations) while captured soldiers were taken up to the graveyard opposite the hospital (down the alley) and forced down onto a specific gravestone to be shot. Likewise, you can clearly see the bullet markings on the gravestone. The church the graveyard belongs to is the oldest in the city but it is no longer an active church as of this year.

[dlittlester]

Thanks for the memories. I was there in 1991. I'm glad the Glenalbyn pub is still there at 25:41. I enjoyed some beer there and met some locals. Also, the hotel I stayed at, the Columba, at 26:41. I do believe it was the most beautiful of all the Scottish cities I visited. Sadly, I see they've erected some really ugly huge box buildings now though.

[mikeswift]

Another lovely walk enhanced by the informative commentary.

I have only stopped in Inverness once while on my 2, 000 miles round Scotland learning to drive tour.

We stopped on the road below the castle and ate lunch sat on the river bank, it was 53 years ago but I seem to remember the bank below the grass was stone although I could be remembering somewhere else.

Mrs. Swift and I have passed through Inverness several times after rediscovering Scotland and staying in Strathpeffer, Fort William and Pitlochry among others, I know the A9 better than the A1, and it’s a much better road to drive, as are most Scottish roads.

[eliyonmilo]

great historical informations, thank you so much

[toddcott]

I wish I had watched this before my visit to Inverness.

[Mr.ModMan]

Nice ! My city, you should probably feature Tomnahurich, its a well used walk up a hill with views in all directions (it may be a cemetery but there's history up the very top aswell)

[walkingwithpeter]

Thank you for this lovely tour and all the fascinating information 👍

[GetInspiredMedia]

Thank you so much. I am really enjoying these videos and your excellent historic commentary. I’m loving it. Dave 🇦🇺

[maggiemitchell]

Thanks for sharing this lovely city and it's history 😍

[stephengreerii]

Beautiful. Thank you. Si Rioghal Madream

[applepie]

Very good & Informative video, where are all the junkies though?

[lynnballington]

Hello lets walk love all your videos from Lynn take care

[tanyawright]

Hello...planning a trip to Scotland and need to stay in the city centre of Inverness for a couple of days before Heading off to a retreat...Do you have any good suggestions? Your beautiful accent tells me you are an expert! Smiles....also your video is perfectly lovely!
T

[pepsimac]

What do you have your GoPro mounted on for these?

[xetalq]

At 18:27, you mention that the spire of the Free Church is 52 m tall.

If so, please kindly be advised that this height equates to 170 ft 7 in (not: 107 ft).