Balintore is a small, windswept former fishing village on the east coast of the Highland council area of Scotland, forming one of the well-known Seaboard Villages with Hilton and Shandwick on the Tarbat Peninsula. Its compact harbour, rows of traditional cottages and headland setting reflect a 19th‑century herring-fishing past, while the shoreline and cliffs offer scenic coastal walking and good sea‑bird watching.
Locally there are reminders of a much older past - the carved Pictish stone at Shandwick and the archaeological finds interpreted at the nearby discovery centres around Portmahomack - and today the village’s economy is a mix of small‑scale fishing, holiday letting and local services, with a close-knit community that values its maritime and historic identity. The nearby Tarbat Ness headland and lighthouse are popular with visitors and add to the character of the area.
Postcode districts covering Balintore
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Tain and Easter Ross Ward 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Milton and Kildary Place 6.2 miles10 km
- Tain Place 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Cromarty Place 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Dornoch Place 9.7 miles15.6 km
Example postcodes in Balintore
IV20 1XD, IV20 1UY, IV20 1TX, IV20 1XF, IV20 1UP, IV20 1UQ, IV20 1UZ, IV20 1UN, IV20 1UE … See all
Transport links
- Inverness Airport 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Aberdeen Airport 74.2 miles119.5 km
- Fearn Railway Station 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Tain Railway Station 6.6 miles10.6 km
Hotels near Balintore Ad
- The Glenmorangie House 3 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Balintore Inn 0.1 miles0.1 km
- St Duthus Villa Guesthouse 3 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Links House at Royal Dornoch 5 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Carnegie Lodge 3 6.9 miles11.1 km
- The Royal Hotel Cromarty 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Mansfield Castle Hotel 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Morangie Hotel 7 miles11.3 km
- Royal Golf Hotel 4 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Dornoch Castle Hotel 3 9.5 miles15.4 km
Schools in Balintore
- Hilton of Cadboll Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Geanies House Estate 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Dunskeath House Estate 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Tarlogie House Estate 8.2 miles13.1 km
- Skibo Castle Estate 11.2 miles18 km
- Culbin Sandhills Hill 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Findhorn Foundation Universal Hall Theatre 13.7 miles22 km
- Lealty House Estate 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Ardross Castle Estate 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Novar House Estate 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Altyre House Estate 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Castle Stuart Estate 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Arrie Wood Forest 18.6 miles29.9 km