Mansfield Castle is just one hour from Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland, on the main A9 road. Mansfield Castle is clearly signposted.

If you are driving, click here for detailed directions to Tain from Inverness

We hope the following information will help you if you are coming from further afield :

By Air
For full timetable information on flights to and from the Highlands, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, visit the Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd web-site www.hial.co.uk

Services to and from Inverness include
Birmingham - Inverness, Eastern Airways, tel 01652 680600, www.easternairways.com
Edinburgh - Inverness British Airways, tel 0870 850 9850, www.ba.com
Glasgow - Inverness British Airways, tel 0870 850 9850, www.ba.com
London Gatwick - Inverness British Airways, tel 0870 850 9850, www.ba.com
London Gatwick - Inverness easyJet , tel 0870 600 0000, www.easyjet.com
London Heathrow - Inverness BMI, tel 0870 607 0555, www.flybmi.com
London Luton - Inverness easyJet , tel 0870 600 0000, www.easyjet.com
Manchester - Inverness Eastern Airways, 01652 680600, www.easternairways.com


By Rail
Services to and from Inverness connect the Highlands with all major UK cities including Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London. For fares and train times, call the national rail enquiry line on 08457 484950, www.nationalrail.co.uk

Other useful rail contacts are

First Scotrail, tel 0845 7550 003, www.firstscotrail.com First Scotrail operates a range of services in Scotland as well as the daily (except Saturday evenings) sleeper service from London Euston to Inverness.

GNER, tel 0845 7225 225, www.gner.co.uk GNER operates a range of services in Scotland and from London to the Highlands.


By Coach or Bus
Several coach operators run daily services to the Highlands from Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, with connections available from all other parts of the UK. For further information :

Scottish Citylink, tel 0870 5505 050, www.citylink.co.uk
Stagecoach, www.stagecoachbus.com
National Express, tel 0870 5808 080, www.nationalexpress.co.uk
Rapsons, tel 01463 710555, www.rapsons.co.uk Rapsons, based in the Highlands


By Ferry
There are a wide selection of ferry services offering easy access to Scotland from Scandinavia, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Spain, including the direct Zeebrugge-Rosyth ferry service operated by Superfast www.superfast.com (Rosyth is only two and a half hours' drive from the Highlands).