National Scenic Area (Scotland)

National Scenic Area is a conservation designation specifically for Scotland, administered by Scottish Natural Heritage. NSAs are defined as having outstanding scenic interest or unsurpassed attractiveness. They are the Scottish equivalent of AONBs (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Full List of NSAs

Aberdeenshire

• Deeside and Lochnagar

Argyll & Bute

• Jura (island)
• Knapdale
• Kyles of Bute
• Loch Lomond
• Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull
• Lynn of Lorn
• Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs

Dumfries and Galloway

• East Stewartry Coast
• Fleet Valley
• Nith Estuary

Highland

• Assynt-Coigach
• Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
• Dornoch Firth
• Glen Affric
• Glen Strathfarrar
• Kintail
• Knoydart
• Kyle of Tongue
• Loch Shiel
• Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan
• North West Sutherland
• The Cairngorm Mountains
• The Cuillin Hills
• Small Isles

North Ayrshire

• North Arran

Orkney

• Hoy and West Mainland

Perth and Kinross

• Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon
• Loch Tummel
• River Earn (Comrie to St. Fillan)
• River Tay (Dunkeld)

Shetland Isles

• Shetland

Stirling

• The Trossachs

The Borders

• Eildon and Leaderfoot
• Upper Tweeddale

Western Isles

• South Lewis, Harris and North Uist
• South Uist machair
• Saint Kilda

See also:

• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England
• Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales
• Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland