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NatureScot owns around 34,000 hectares and leases around 7,300 hectares that we manage as nature reserves.  We own or lease some land and buildings that we use for operational purposes associated with the management of our land, for example used for storage or as car parks.  We also own or lease many of the buildings that we use as offices.

Most of the landholdings shown below have buildings on them that are used in the management of the land, including visitor centres, offices and sheds.

The natural heritage designations associated with each of our properties are shown in the tables below:
SSSI - Site of Special Scientific Interest
SPA - Special Protection Area
SAC - Special Area of Conservation
NNR - National Nature Reserve

Version: 5

Published: May 2022

Rural Land

Nature reserves
Site NameLocal AuthorityArea owned by NatureScot (ha)Area leased by NatureScot (ha)SSSISPASACNNR

Forvie

Aberdeenshire

682.74

273.00

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Glen Tanar

Aberdeenshire

182.00

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Muir of Dinnet
(Burn o’ Vat)

Aberdeenshire

-

5.86

Yes

-

-

Yes

Rhynie Chert

Aberdeenshire

8.39

-

Yes

-

-

-

St Cyrus

Aberdeenshire

47.64

0.24

Yes

-

-

Yes

Corrie Fee

Angus

164.00

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ben Lui

Argyll & Bute

962.70

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Glasdrum Wood

Argyll & Bute

175.30

-

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Moine Mhor

Argyll & Bute

501.80

-

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Taynish

Argyll & Bute

363.40

-

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Caerlaverock

Dumfries & Galloway

-

5,155.76

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cairnsmore of Fleet

Dumfries & Galloway

1,517.87

-

Yes

-

-

Yes

Kirkconnell Flow

Dumfries & Galloway

156.05

-

Yes

-

Yes

-

Isle of May

Fife

56.61

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tentsmuir

Fife

75.70

521.18

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Abernethy

Highland

266.50

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Achanarras Quarry

Highland

42.51

-

Yes

-

-

-

Ariundle Oakwood

Highland

69.70

-

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Beinn Eighe

Highland

4,300.08

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ben Wyvis

Highland

2,333.59

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Claish Moss

Highland

563.14

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Craigellachie

Highland

-

252.70

Yes

-

-

Yes

Creag Meagaidh

Highland

4,011.02

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Glen Roy

Highland

1,168.30

321.30

Yes

-

-

Yes

Invereshie and Inshriach

Highland

3,083.40

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Knockan Crag

Highland

18.69

-

Yes

-

-

Yes

Loch Maree Islands

Highland

-

223.00

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rum

Highland

10,582.94

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Loch Leven

Perth & Kinross

10.49

0.08

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

Rannoch Moor

Perth & Kinross

1,499.00

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Cragbank Wood

Scottish Borders

8.80

-

Yes

-

Yes

-

Hermaness

Shetland Islands

-

0.40

-

-

-

-

Keen of Hamar

Shetland Islands

41.03

-

Yes

-

Yes

-

Noss

Shetland Islands

-

0.51

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

Braehead Moss

South Lanarkshire

87.60

-

Yes

-

Yes

-

Cartland Craigs

South Lanarkshire

10.94

-

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Cleghorn Glen

South Lanarkshire

18.38

-

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Jock's Gill Wood

South Lanarkshire

16.78

-

Yes

-

Yes

-

Buchanan Castle Woodlands, Balmaha

Stirling

6.59

-

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Clairinsh

Stirling

-

5.51

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Flanders Moss

Stirling

107.15

645.00

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

Blawhorn Moss

West Lothian

108.84

19.25

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

 

Land leased out by NatureScot

Site Name

Local Authority

Area owned by NatureScot (ha)

Tenant

SSSI

SPA

SAC

NNR

Inchcailloch

Stirling

55.90

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority

Yes

-

Yes

Yes

 

Other land owned by NatureScot

Site Name

Local Authority

Area owned by NatureScot (ha)

Use

SSSI

SPA

SAC

NNR

Castlehill, Islay

Argyll & Bute

412.38

Diageo Distilling Ltd – for peat cutting.

-

-

-

-

Sunart (land next to Gatehouse Croft)

Highland

0.83

-

Yes

-

Yes

-

Offices and other buildings

Owned by NatureScot
Property nameAddressLocal AuthorityNet internal area (m2)Current use

South Uist office

Stilligarry

South Uist

HS8 5RS

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

94.3

Office

Stornoway office

32 Francis Street

Stornoway

HS1 2ND

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

196.5

Office

Stornoway boat shed

Marybank

Stornoway

Isle of Lewis

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

-

Storage

Newton Stewart office

Holmpark Industrial Estate

New Galloway Road

Newton Stewart

DG8 6BF

Dumfries & Galloway

126.4

Office

Ullapool office

17 Pulteney Street

Ullapool

IV26 2UP

Highland

67.3

Office

Aviemore office

Achantoul

Aviemore

PH22 1QD

Highland

251.7

Office

Dingwall office

Fodderty Way

Dingwall Business Park

Dingwall

IV15 9XB

Highland

229.1

Office

Great Glen House

Leachkin Road

Inverness

IV3 8NW

Highland

4,183.5

Office

Golspie office

The Links

Golspie Business Park

Golspie

KW10 6UB

Highland

656.3

Office

Kinloch Castle

Isle of Rum

PH43 4RR

Highland

1,670

 

Battleby

Redgorton

Perth

PH1 3EW

Perth & Kinross

2,344.9

Office

Hermaness visitor centre

Hermaness

Baltasound

Unst

ZE2 9EQ

Shetland Islands

80.5

Visitor centre

 

Leased by NatureScot
Property nameAddressLocal AuthorityNet internal area (m2)Current use

Bowmore office

Main Street

Bowmore

PA43 7JJ

Argyll & Bute

110.6

Office

Lochgilphead office

1 Kilmory Industrial Estate

Kilmory

Lochgilphead

PA31 8RR

Argyll & Bute

354.0

Office

Glenhowan Workshop

Glenhowan Farm

Glencaple

Dumfries

DG1 4RH

Dumfries & Galloway

95.5

Storage

Cupar office

Elmwood Campus

Carslogie Road

Cupar

KY15 4JB

Fife

-

Office

Kirkwall office

54-56 Junction Road

Kirkwall

KW15 1AW

Orkney Islands

160.1

Office

Kinross office

The Pier

Loch Leven

Kinross

KY13 8UF

Perth & Kinross

43.4

Office

Galashiels office

Andersons Chambers

Market Street

Galashiels

TD1 3AF

Scottish Borders

270.8

Office

Bressay store

Bressay

Shetland Islands

15.1

Storage

Lerwick office

Ground Floor

Stewart Building

Alexandra Wharf

Lerwick

ZE1 0LL

Shetland Islands

220.9

Office

Ayr garage

9 James Street

Ayr

South Ayrshire

9.0

Storage

Stirling office

Strathallan House

Castle Business Park

Stirling

FK9 4TZ

Stirling

324.0

Office

Ashfield Mill

Unit 3

Ashfield Mill

Dunblane

Stirling

512.0

Storage

Clydebank office

Caspian House

2 Mariner Court

8 South Avenue

Clydebank Business Park

Clydebank

G81 2NR

West Dunbartonshire

988.1

Office

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