Sport for all Inverness has excellent modern leisure and recreational facilities which, with our great outdoors, cater for a superb range of sports and activities. Here's just a few:
- Championship Golf The city has three courses, one including a driving range, and is close to other high quality courses such as the championship links at Nairn and Dornoch.
- Inverness Leisure A fine pool with flumes and leisure waters for serious family fun. The nearby Inverness Sports Centre caters for all sports from athletics to weight training.
- Ice Rink Inverness Ice Rink is popular with visitors and locals alike and can give you the opportunity to watch or try the traditional Scottish ice sport of curling.
- Spectator sports These are well catered for with Premier Division football team, Inverness Caledonian Thistle as well as shinty, curling, cricket, rugby, athletics and many more.
- Angling The hill lochs and rivers around Inverness are famous throughout Scotland for the quality of their fishing for salmon, sea trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and pike. Contact local tackle dealers for advice and equipment.
- Walking There are paths to suit all interests, from serious hill walking and mountaineering to leisurely strolls around the city, along the riverside and through the islands.Step It Up Highland is an Inverness-based charity which promotes leisure walking in the area. Long distance walkers should try the Great Glen Way for a memorable experience.
- Cycling Many excellent routes around the area and wider afield, including the Great Glen Way, make Inverness a prime choice for cyclists.
- Water Sports Loch Ness and the Moray Firth are both close at hand and are popular with sailors and windsurfers.
- Inverness Marina - a new 150-berth purpose built Marina situated right at the harbour entrance.
- Outdoor Pursuits - canoeing down the River Ness or the Caledonian Canal, mountain biking or rock climbing, gorge walking and quad biking.
