£2.5m Island For Sale, Post Office Included

Tanera Mor, the only inhabited island in the Summer Isles archipelago 1.5 miles off northwest Scotland, has been put up for sale.

It comes with 800 acres, a flourishing tourist enterprise, bird colonies, a post office and three jetties - all for the bargain price of £2.5m.

Tanera Mor is currently managed by Lizzie and Richard Williams, who took it on from Mrs Williams' family, the Wilders.

The Wilders bought the island in 1996 after selling their dairy farm in Wiltshire.

Mrs Williams said it was now time to give another family the chance to own the island.

She said: "After many happy years of calling Tanera home, it is time for someone else to have the privilege of looking after this amazing place."

Talks with the local community over a buyout were held, but it has now been put on the open market after the Coigach Community Development Company decided not to pursue the sale.

Estate agent CKD Galbraith is now handling the sale, describing Tanera Mor as a "flourishing tourist enterprise and superb family residence", with a guide price of £2.5m.

It has nine residential properties, a cafe, a post office and three jetties.

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 lifestyle."

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