Walking Rueval Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides

If you climb just one hill in the Outer Hebrides, this should be the one.

The best beaches in Orkney and the Outer Hebrides

These Scottish island chains are home to some of the most spectacular sands in the UK.

An island idyll: welcome to Berneray, Outer Hebrides

A short trip to this Hebridean island will leave you feeling that you’d like to stay longer.

The true tale behind classic comedy caper Whisky Galore!

It’s a story that has passed into common lore in the Outer Hebrides.

The remotest of the remote: getting off-grid in the Faroe Islands

If you like your holidays really remote, then these are the islands for you.

Guidebook updates

Our expert authors work hard to ensure their guidebooks are as accurate as possible. However, some things inevitably change in the months after a guidebook has printed. So we’ve created a page where we can post any update information we hear about between editions and ensure you have access to the very latest details when planning your…

Orkney

Much of Orkney’s appeal is ancient and obvious; but just as much is timeless and will only slowly reveal itself. Mark Rowe, author of Orkney: the Bradt Guide Located eight miles to the north of the Scotland mainland, Orkney everything a visitor could wish for in a holiday. This archipelago of 70 islands (19 inhabited)…

Hebrides (Outer)

The sights, sounds and flavours of the Outer Hebrides are reason alone to travel to these islands. Yet, along with photographs, you are likely to take away memories of the people you meet – warm, generous and with a keen sense of their culture and identity.  Mark Rowe , author of Outer Hebrides Right up…

Hebrides (Inner)

Whichever islands you choose to visit, you can be sure to feel a world apart from mainland Great Britain. Katie Featherstone, author of Inner Hebrides Splintering off Scotland’s west coast, the Inner Hebrides is a loosely scattered archipelago that includes all the islands from Skye in the north to Islay and Gigha in the south;…

Information for booksellers and the media

Our trade catalogue contains information on all our new books for 2026 plus a complete backlist. Download it here: Bradt catalogue 2026 If you’re a bookshop and you’d like a hard copy of the catalogue you can order it from GBS with the ISBN 9781804694022. Or drop us a line and we’ll post you a…