Name:

Balavil Estate

Location:

Kingussie, Badenoch & Strathspey

Area:

2,781 Hectares / 6,875 Acres

Tenure:

Freehold

Price:

Offers invited

Status:

Available

  • Robert Adam designed mansion house (18th Century) and walled garden undergoing refurbishment
  • A range of high quality residential properties and storage buildings with further development potential
  • Extensive mixed woodland and diverse habitat within the Cairngorm National Park
  • 81,596 woodland carbon credits with potential for more native woodland creation
  • Potential to generate over 220,000 peatland carbon credits through peatland restoration
  • Good quality farmland with cattle and sheep managed as a farming enterprise
  • Excellent walked-up grouse, driven pheasant and partridge shooting
  • Brown trout fishing on 2.7 miles of the River Spey
  • Red, Roe & Sika deer stalking
  • Very accessible location for Inverness and Edinburgh Airports
  • Significant Natural Capital & Rewilding opportunities

 

An opportunity to acquire an exceptional mixed sporting estate located in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.

Balavil Estate is located near Kingussie in the Badenoch & Strathspey region of the Scottish Highlands. Extending to 2,781.26 hectares (6,875.52 acres) Balavil is a classic example of a mixed highland sporting, residential and farming estate, with fertile lowland rising from 235 metres (771 feet) up to the southeastern edge of Monadhliath Mountain range, to 790 metres (2,591 feet) above sea level at its highest point on the estate.

The lower half of the estate lies within the Cairngorms National Park with the most spectacular views from Balavil across Strathspey to the Cairngorm Mountain range and its highly acclaimed native Caledonian Forest. Nearby is the village of Kingussie, just 3 miles from the estate, where local amenities, shops, hotels and the local primary and secondary schools are conveniently located. Aviemore is 10 miles to the northeast of Balavil via the A9 trunk road, where there is access to a wider range of shops, hotels and restaurants.

The region offers spectacular scenery and a wide range of outdoor pursuits that can be enjoyed in this diverse area of Scotland with the Cairngorm Mountain range offering skiing in the winter months. Inverness is located 40 miles to the north and offers the full range of attractions and services expected of a city, together with good transport links, especially by air to the rest of the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. 

Several golf courses are within easy reach of the estate, with local courses at Kingussie and Boat of Garten nearby. Whisky connoisseurs can enjoy the newly developed Cairn Distillery at Grantown on Spey as well as the long established distilleries, such as Glenlivet, Knockando, Aberlour, Macallan and Kinrara located in the local Speyside area.

Private schooling is offered at Gordonstoun, one of the UK’s top independent schools for either boarding or day pupils aged 5 – 18 years, near Elgin. Further renowned independent schooling is available in Perthshire, with Glenalmond and Strathallan both providing co-educational boarding facilities. 

Please refer to the online Sale Brochure, sale plan and short film for further details and contact Patrick Porteous if you would like more information on this outstanding property.

 

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