Redpoint, Highland

For other uses, see Red Point (disambiguation).

Redpoint (Scottish Gaelic: An Rubha Dearg, lit. 'the red headland')^[1] is a small settlement in the north west of Highland, Scotland. It takes its name from Red Point, a low promontory to the south, which marks a turn in the coastline from facing west to south east as it becomes Loch Torridon.^[2]

Redpoint Scottish Gaelic: An Rubha Dearg
Redpoint Location within the Highland council area
OS grid reference	NG744687
Civil parish	Gairloch
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Ross and Cromarty
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gairloch
Postcode district	IV21
Dialling code	01445
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Ross, Skye and Inverness West
List of places UK Scotland 57.6522°N 5.78276°W / 57.6522; -5.78276

B8056, Redpoint With a post box set into a rock on a high point on the road.

Redpoint lies about 10 miles (16 km) south west of Gairloch, at the end of the B8056 road.^[3] A path leading from the road leads to a viewpoint from which it is possible (on a clear day) to see the Isle of Skye's Trotternish Ridge and also the Isle of Harris and Isle of Lewis.^[4]

The villages of South Erradale, Opinan and Port Henderson are north along the B8056 coast road.^[5]

Scottish electronic music band Boards of Canada released the album Geogaddi in 2002 that contains the track "The Beach at Redpoint".^[6]