Welcome to Mavis Bank, Teangue, Sleat, Isle of Skye

Sleat is known as the Garden of Skye and is well known for its beautiful landscape, coastline and stunning scenery.

Sleat is made up of crofting townships which tend to stretch from the sea to the hill moorland above, taking advantage of the fertile and generally lower-lying land nearer the sea.

Sleat is an ideal base for the nature lover, photographer, angler, bird watcher, walker and hill climber as it abounds with nature. Amongst all this it is superbly placed for easy access to a wealth of historical sites and places of interest.

Though essentially crofting communities with livestock and arable land for grazing or cultivating, many houses have been built or adapted to make the most of the natural beauty that makes up "The Garden of Skye".

An award winning Hotel / Restaurant is a 10 minute walk away and Lady Claire MacDonald’s renowned restaurant and shop at Kinloch Lodge is a 15 minute drive.

Boat trips to see the seals, dolphins and passing whales depart from Armadale Harbour which is a 10 minute drive away. Armadale Castle Gardens (the seat of Clan Donald) is also a 10 minute drive. It has a restaurant, gift shop and garden shop, superb gardens and grounds with mature arboretum and is home to the Museum of the Isles. For those of you who are interested in tracing their clan ancestors this is the place to visit. Whilst at Armadale you may also be interested in making your way to Rubha Phoil which is a beautiful woodland walk. It is named after Paul MacDonald who came ashore there following his escape from the Glencoe massacre.

Also worthwhile is a local trip around the loop road taking in the charming village of Ord and the crofting townships of Tokavaig, Tarskavaig, and Stonefield. This meandering journey gives superb views across Loch Eishort to the Cuillins beyond.

For those of you who appreciate solitude there are numerous forestry walks and an adventurous unmade road from the nearby township of Aird down to the point of Sleat.