Helmsdale Attractions

The award-winning "Timespan" center in Dunrobin Street uses an audio-visual presentation and life-sized models to explain the history of the Highlands from the Picts and Vikings, to the dramatic Highland Clearances and the arrival of the oil rigs in the North Sea.

A short detour inland up the Strath of Kildonan is worthwhile. In 1869 gold prospectors moved into the region after particles of the precious metal were found in the river bed. It is still possible to find the occasional gold speck.