No driveway specialist listed in Aviemore yet.

A driveway specialist lays new driveways and refurbishes existing ones - block paving, tarmac, resin-bound stone and concrete, including the sub-base and drainage that determine whether the surface lasts.

Front gardens of more than five square metres need planning permission unless the surface is permeable or drains to a soakaway, so check before laying impermeable materials.

Get the falls right - water should run off the driveway, not pool against the house - and ask for an SUDS-friendly approach if the area is prone to surface water.

Aviemore is a small town in Strathspey, set on the western edge of the Cairngorms National Park at an elevation of around 230 metres, roughly 30 miles south of Inverness on the A9.

Originally a quiet railway junction, the town was transformed in the 1960s when the Cairngorm ski area was developed and it has since grown into Scotland's principal mountain resort, busy in both winter and summer.

The Cairngorm funicular railway, Rothiemurchus Forest, Loch Morlich and the Strathspey Heritage Railway are all within easy reach and the town itself has a wide range of hotels, hostels, outdoor shops, restaurants and bars catering to visitors.

Aviemore sits on the Highland Main Line railway and the A9 trunk road, giving it direct connections to Inverness, Perth and Edinburgh. Its position at the heart of the national park makes it a natural base for skiing, hillwalking, mountain biking, watersports and wildlife watching.

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Highland is the largest council area in Scotland by land mass, covering more than 25,000 square kilometres from the Cairngorms in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west and from the Moray Firth northward to the tip of mainland Britain at Dunnet Head.

The region takes in an extraordinary range of landscapes - the Great Glen, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness, the Cairngorm plateau, the Flow Country peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland and hundreds of miles of rugged coastline dotted with fishing villages and sea lochs.

Inverness is the regional capital and the largest settlement, serving as the administrative, commercial and transport hub for the entire north of Scotland. Beyond Inverness, the population is spread across market towns and remote communities - Fort William beneath Ben Nevis, Aviemore in the Cairngorms, Thurso and Wick on the north coast, Nairn on the Moray Firth, Dingwall in Easter Ross and dozens of smaller settlements connected by single-track roads and ferry services.

Despite its remoteness, Highland has a diverse economy built on tourism, whisky distilling, renewable energy, forestry, aquaculture and a growing digital sector enabled by improving broadband connectivity. The region's cultural identity is deeply rooted in Gaelic language and tradition, clan history and a strong sense of place that draws visitors and new residents alike.

Transport links converge on Inverness, with the A9 running south to Perth, the A96 east to Aberdeen, rail services to Edinburgh, Glasgow and London and an airport at Dalcross. The more remote communities depend on trunk roads, the scenic rail lines to Kyle of Lochalsh, Wick and Thurso and the ferry services that connect the west coast to the islands.