Best Scottish Web Sites

Welcome to Scotland, (Fàilte ort a dh'Albainn) Welcome to the "Gateway to Scotland", the best starting-point for information about Scotland on the Internet.

The Gazetteer for Scotland is a vast geographical database, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles. The first comprehensive gazetteer produced for Scotland since 1885, it includes tourist attractions, industries and historic sites, together with histories of family names and biographies of famous people associated with Scotland. The network of connections between all of these entries make this gazetteer unique.

The Scottish Parliament.

Historic Scotland is an Agency within the Scottish Executive Education Department and is directly responsible to Scottish Ministers for safeguarding the nation's built heritage, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

We are Scotland’s largest library, with eight million printed books, 120,000 volumes of manuscripts, around two million maps, and over 20,000 newspaper and magazine titles. In this section, our specialist collecting departments give guidance on different areas of our collections.

The National Museum of Scotland presents for the first time the history of Scotland from its geological beginnings to the twentieth century.

BBC Scotland - Scottish History.

Scotsman, Daily Scottish Newspaper.

The National Trust for Scotland is the conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotland's natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy. With over 250,000 members it is the largest conservation charity in Scotland and it depends for its support on donations, legacies, grants and membership subscriptions.

The Law Society of Scotland is the governing body for Scottish solicitors. It was established by the Legal Aid & Solicitors (Scotland) Act in 1949. The main aims of the Society are set out in the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980. In essence, the Society promotes the interests of the Solicitors profession in Scotland and the interests of the public in relation to the profession.

The Scottish Enterprise.

Friends of the Earth, Scotland.

Welcome to the official government source of
genealogical data for Scotland.

The Scottish Football Association.

The National Galleries for Scotland.

This is the Church of Scotland's one-stop portal to more than 1,000 pages of information about the Church and our work and services in local communities across Scotland, the UK and throughout the world.

Learning and Teaching Scotland.

National Archives of Scotland (or NAS). Based in Edinburgh, NAS has one of the most varied collection of archives in the British isles.

Scottish Rugby Union.

Scottish Natural Heritage secures the conservation, enhancement, understanding and enjoyment of the natural heritage of Scotland,

The Health Education Board for Scotland is the national agency for health information, health promotion, health advice and health education.

The principal objective of the SYHA: 'To help all, but especially young people, to experience and appreciate the Scottish countryside and places of historic and cultural interest in Scotland, and to promote their health, recreation and education, particularly by providing low cost accommodation for them on their travels.'

ScotRail operates around 2000 services daily on suburban routes round Glasgow and Edinburgh; interurban routes linking Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness; and rural routes in Dumfries and Galloway, the West and North Highlands.

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland. The representative body for climbers, walkers, mountaineers and cross-country skiers who enjoy the Scottish mountains.

Careers Scotland offers an all age guidance service that can help you with your learning, employment, and career opportunities throughout life.

Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.

The Sunday Herald, Scottish On-line newspaper.

Welcome to the SNP's new website. I hope you find it useful and informative and that it will provide you with an insight into the Scottish National Party and our vision for an Independent Scotland.

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