Accessible only via an arduous two-day hike or by ferry, the Old Forge in Knoydart is up for sale at offers over £425,000

It is known as Britain’s last true wilderness, and anybody making the mountainous two-day trek into the Knoydart peninsula on the west coast of Scotland would surely be dreaming of a thirst-quenching pint at the end of their journey.

Listed in the Guinness World Records as mainland Britain’s most remote pub, the Old Forge in Inverie, Knoydart’s main settlement, is also accessible by ferry from Mallaig. But with no connecting roads, any aspiring punter would have to make a hike of nearly 30km across peat bog and looming Munros.

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