A850 road explained

Country:SCT
Type:A
Route:850
Header Type:minor
Terminus A:Dunvegan Castle
57.4367°N -6.5814°W
Terminus B:Borve
57.4512°N -6.2629°W
Junction:
Image Notes:The A850 approaching Flashader
Previous Type:A
Next Type:A
Previous Route:849
Next Route:851

The A850 road is a road on the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Isles, off the west coast of mainland Scotland.[1]

Route

The road connects Dunvegan Castle and the town of Dunvegan and the north of the island with the A87 road for Portree that then crosses to the mainland road system. The more direct road connecting Dunvegan with the A87 is the A863. The Fairy Bridge, which carries the road to the Waternish peninsula. lies slightly north of the road, to the west of Upperglen.

Settlements on or near the A850

West to East

References

  1. Web site: View: Sheet 24, North Skye – Ordnance Survey One-inch to the mile maps of Great Britain, Seventh Series, 1952-1961. National Library of Scotland. 2016-01-23. Ordnance Survey. National Library of Scotland.

57.4795°N -6.4311°W