Mallaig

 seaport, village

Mallaig is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The station is the terminus of the West Highland railway line, completed in 1901, and the town is linked to Fort William by the A830 road – the "Road to the Isles".

Mallaig has grown hugely since the railway arrived, and now ferries operated by Caledonian MacBrayne and Bruce Watt Sea Cruises sail from the village to Armadale on Skye, Inverie in Knoydart, and to the isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck, and Canna. Mallaig is the main Commercial Fishing Port on the West Coast of Scotland, and during the 1970's was the main Herring Port of Europe.

Mallaig and the surrounding area is a recommended area for a vacation, with loads of outdoor activities, and a warm welcoming population.


Education
Mallaig has extensive Distance Learning facilities allowing the local population access to all forms of education from leisure classes to University degrees through Lochaber College and the UHI Millennium Institute. Mallaig Learning Centre is the most successful of its kind in the UK, with more than 8% of the local population accessing its facilities.

Mallaig as a filming location
The Mallaig railway is used during the filming of the Harry Potter series of films, and the Hogwarts Express can be seen during periods of filming during the summer months. Many other local areas are used for location filming too.

The 1996 film Breaking the Waves was largely filmed in Mallaig and the surrounding area, and the beach scenes of Local Hero were filmed at nearby Morar. The smaller villages of Arisaig and Morar are located a few miles south of Mallaig.