The island is 1.5 miles from the north-west coast of Scotland (Picture: Bob Jones)

It has inspired authors for decades, is frequently visited by otters and grey seals and has its own post office, and now this picturesque remote Scottish island could be yours, if you can meet the £2.5million asking price.

The owners of Tanera Mor – the largest and only inhabited island in the Summer Isles archipelago off the north-west coast – are looking to sell the 800-acre island.

Lizzie and Richard Williams, who have managed the island since Mrs Williams’ family the Wilders bought it in 1996, said it was a ‘privilege’ to have been the custodians of Tanera Mor.

But they said after ‘many happy years of calling Tanera home’, it was time for someone else to look after the ‘amazing’ place.




The island has been brought to the market after an attempt at a local community buyout did not progress.

The island has its own post office and cafe (Picture: Bob Jones)

‘We hope that whoever owns the island in the future will enjoy the same warm and cooperative relationship with the community that we have for the past 17 years,’ Mr and Mrs Williams said.

Estate agent CKD Galbraith described the island, which has nine residential properties, a cafe and three jetties, as a ‘flourishing tourist enterprise and superb family residence’.

John Bound of CKD Galbraith said: ‘The chance to own your own Scottish island is extremely rare and with Tanera Mor’s thriving tourist enterprise coupled with being a truly spectacular place to live, we expect to receive a lot of interest as it goes on the open market.

‘With ongoing support and commitment from the local Coigach community, Tanera Mor offers a truly fantastic prospect for interested parties who will very much have the island’s heritage and sustainability at heart as well as a fantastic life style.’

Tanera Mor inspired the book Island Farm by Frank Fraser Darling, who lived on the island in the 1930s while studying the habitat of its bird colonies.