Places to Go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hugh Miller's Birthplace Cottage and Museum (NTS)
Now closed for the winter.
Church Street
Cromarty  IV11 8XA
telephone: 01381 600245
website: www.nts.org.uk/Property/Hugh-Miller-Museum-Birthplace-Cottage/ and www.hughmiller.org
email
What you can see:
   →An elegant three-storey Georgian villa housing six rooms of exhibits covering Hugh Miller's life and work
   →The thatched 18th century cottage next door where he was born
   →Miller's Yard: Garden of Wonders and Lydia Garden

Cromarty Courthouse Museum
The Courthouse is closed for the winter season.
Church Street
Cromarty  IV11 8XA
telephone: 01381 600418
email
website: www.cromarty-courthouse.org.uk
What you can do:
   →See a trial from the 1770s in the original courtroom
   →Understand the real history of the North of Scotland and the lives of its people
   →Explore the town with a personal digital audiotour
   →Use the museum's extensive records to make your own discoveries in Highland history
   →Hold your civil wedding ceremony in the Courthouse
There is also a small museum shop with local and Scottish items for sale. There will also be four photographic exhibitions over the summer season in the Back Room (named for the Captain of the sunken ship HMS Natal).

Cromarty East Church (Scottish Redundant Churches Trust)
The East Church is open daily from approximately 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Entry is free.
Church Street, Cromarty  IV11 8XA
website: www.eastchurchcromarty.co.uk
What you can see:
   →A nationally historic building in terms of its architectural and ecclesiastical heritage
   →A memorial plaque to the eccentric Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty
   →18th century box pews and lofts, rare furniture and 'movables'
   →Surrounding graveyard including a number of memorials carved by Hugh Miller
 

'Hugh Miller Cottage' by Calum Davidson