Stromeferry is a village, located on the south shore of the west coast sea loch, Loch Carron

Loch Carron

Loch Carron is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands. It is the point at which the River Carron enters the North Atlantic Ocean....

, in western Ross-shire

Ross-shire

Ross-shire is an area in the Highland Council Area in Scotland. The name is now used as a geographic or cultural term, equivalent to Ross. Until 1889 the term denoted a county of Scotland, also known as the County of Ross...

, Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...

 and is in the Scottish

Scotland

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 council area of Highland.

It is served by Stromeferry railway station

Stromeferry railway station

Stromeferry railway station is a station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Stromeferry in the Highlands, northern Scotland. Stromeferry lies on the southern shore of Loch Carron, across from the ruined Strome Castle, near the west coast....

 and is close to the A890 road. Stromeferry is on the southern bank of Loch Carron

Loch Carron

Loch Carron is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands. It is the point at which the River Carron enters the North Atlantic Ocean....

, Strome Castle

Strome Castle

Strome Castle is a ruined castle on the shore of Loch Carron in Stromemore, 3.5 miles south-west of the village of Lochcarron, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands.Originally built by the Macdonald Earls of Ross...

 is opposite on the northern bank.
The village is referred to in Iain Banks

Iain Banks

Iain Banks is a Scottish writer. He writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies...

' novel Complicity

Complicity

Complicity is a novel by Scottish author Iain Banks. It was published in 1993.-Plot introduction:Its two main characters are Cameron Colley, a journalist on a Scottish newspaper called The Caledonian, which resembles The Scotsman, and a serial murderer whose identity is a mystery...

, where the narrator describes the road sign marking the village, which states "Strome Ferry (No Ferry)".

The village has been subject of various development proposals focussing on the derelict hotel. In November 2007, W.A. Fairhurst & Partners, on behalf of the Helmsley Group, secured an outline planning consent for reinstating the hotel and building a number of new homes. This proposal should ensure that in the long term, new tourism and recreation opportunities will be secured in Stromeferry, and the village will once again play an important role in the local economy.

The Ferry

The ferry ceased operating in 1970. At that time, there were two vessels providing the service. The larger of the two, 'Pride of Strome', measuring 16m long x 5m wide, was built in 1962 by Forbes of Sandhaven. The smaller, 'Strome Castle', measuring 9m long x 3m wide, was built in 1958 by Nobles of Fraserburgh. Both boats now lie wrecked on the shore of Loch Carron between North Strome and Lochcarron.

A temporary ferry service operated during October 2008 as loose rocks made local roads unsafe and alternative access was required during repair works.