Owned by and supporting the Glen Urquhart community
Loch Ness Hub and Travel is a community benefit company in Drumnadrochit.
Offering baggage and shuttle transfers for the Great Glen Way, e-bike hire and visitor information services, Loch Ness Hub and Travel is a one-stop shop for visitors exploring Glen Urquhart and Loch Ness.
All profits are invested back into the community to support local businesses, groups and amenities.
Loch Ness Travel
Loch Ness Travel was established in 1991, offering personalised and guided tours of Loch Ness and the wider Highlands. In 2002, the business expanded to include a baggage transfer service for all 79 miles of the Great Glen Way.
Since then, additional routes have been added to the portfolio including Loch Ness 360, South Loch Ness Trail, Affric Kintail Way, East Highland Way and the mountain bike Coast2Coast Trail from Fort William to Montrose via Aviemore.
Loch Ness Hub
In 2018, the Glen Urquhart community investigated the possibility of taking over the recently vacant Tourist Information Centre in Drumnadrochit.
Under the guidance of the Glen Urquhart Rural Community Association (GURCA), the local community made use of the centre on a trial basis before moving forward with an asset transfer of the building for community ownership.
Volunteers decorated the building and local groups used the venue to showcase information and activities of interest to visitors, before committing to full community ownership and opening to the public as Loch Ness Hub.
To ensure the project was sustainable in the long-term, Loch Ness Hub Ltd was established as a community benefit company to raise funds for the purchase of Loch Ness Travel through a Community Share Offer in 2020. The initiative successfully raised its maximum target, and with additional funding from SSE and local community charity Soirbheas, the purchase of Loch Ness Travel completed in February 2021.
If you would like to purchase shares in Loch Ness Hub and support the community benefit society, you can apply by filling out this application form.
All profits from Loch Ness Travel fund the running of Loch Ness Hub, with surplus profits invested back into the community through the Glen Urquhart Rural Community Association.
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