About Glenuig and its Community Association

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Glenuig  is a tiny community of just over thirty folk located in the Parish of Moidart in remote west Lochaber. Nowadays it is taken to include the neighbouring settlements of Samalaman and Alt Ruadh, and contains 21 houses in permanent occupation plus four holiday homes.

In a wider sense it includes the nearby hamlets of Roshven and Lochailort, bringing the population over a distance of eight miles to just over fifty.

Access to Glenuig by public road was only made possible in 1966, and mains electricity arrived in 1983. A growing population of young people saw the revival of Glenuig Village Hall Committee in 1982, running the village hall situated in the old School Room. In 1993 the Hall Committee changed to become Glenuig Community Association.

Our pride and joy is our village hall, one of the most splendid on the west coast and a very popular venue for entertainment: we regularly have traditional folk music, fiddlers, blues bands, opera and dance and a range of community activities ranging from yoga, playgroups and youth nights to the meeetings of the Moidart Local History Group.

We have a tiny but busy shop and post office and a variety of accommodation choices in Glenuig, Kinlochmoidart, Roshven and Lochailort.

Glenuig Community Association (GCA) has been responsible for several initiatives in the area. Through determined fundraising, notably through the Glenuig Music Festival (1983-1993) the local community built the magnificent Glenuig Hall that is owned and managed by the GCA, and the Association is currently looking into the future of the village shop, hoping to build new premises and re-open the shop to be run as a Community Enterprise.

The area has been inhabited for thousands of years and the traces of these earlier residents are everywhere around. The coastal regions here are wild and rocky, but because of the warmer climate within the last two thousand years the inland areas were productive and heavily populated.

In the last two hundred years the population declined through enforced clearances of the glens for sheep and voluntary emigration from the harsher coastal regions to the new colonies, particularly Cape Breton and America.
Prior to 1966 access was by foot or horseback (from either Lochailort or Kinlochmoidart) or by boat. Since that year the area has been accessible by good modern roads, train or bus. Nowadays Glenuig is a thriving and friendly community. Occupations include fishing, crofting, building, craftwork and IT, and of course catering for the many visitors to the area.

The Glenuig Hub Teashop
Open weekdays from
12.00 until 15.00
in the Hall


Ceilidhs at the Hub Club
Intimate, informal, licensed
get-togethers,
often with live music.

Look out for local posters



Moidart History Group

Comann Eachdraidh Mùideart

A thriving local group meeting throughout the year in the
Glenuig Hall, both for talks
and walks.
New members
always welcome.


Click here for details of
our talks and events


Ceilidh at the Hub Ceilidh at the Hub Glenuig

An evening at the Glenuig Hub Club

Glenuig - a walker's paradise


The GCA exists to benefit the Community by :

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Providing Recreational Facilities
Encouraging an understanding of our Heritage, Culture and Environment
Creating employment and Training opportunities

Our Aims

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To promote the management of a Community Centre in Glenuig for the benefit the people of Glenuig and its environs
To promote the acquisition of skills and training in Glenuig and its environs
To create employment opportunities for local people
To promote the continuation of Gaelic Language and Culture in the area

Our Objectives

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To maintain and manage the New Hall for the benefit of all the Community
To develop a network to assist training
To open up opportunities for development within a local framework
To facilitate and encourage the development of subsidiary enterprises


GLENUIG COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Regd. Office: Glenuig Hall, Glenuig, Lochailort, Inverness-shire, PH38 4NG
Tel/Fax: 01687-470214
Glenuig Community Association is a Company Limited by Guarantee No. : 147089
Registered as a Scottish Charity No. : SC 020339