The Highland Soap Company

A Highland soap maker and its ranges

The Highland Soap Company is a family-run maker of soap and skincare based in the West Highlands. Its website describes products made by hand in a workshop near the foot of Ben Nevis, using natural ingredients and essential oils. The catalogue includes handmade and organic soaps, hand wash and refills, hair and body products, bath products, hand and foot care, moisturisers, men’s grooming, lip balm, home-fragrance candles and reed diffusers, as well as gift sets. The named scent collections draw on plants and places associated with Scotland, including wild gorse, Scottish raspberry, bog myrtle, Highland lavender, nettle and heather, Hebridean seaweed and juniper.

How the soap and skincare are made

The company describes its soaps and skincare as designed, formulated and produced in the West Highlands. Its product guidance distinguishes cold-process handmade soap from glycerine-based organic soap: the handmade bars are listed at 190 g and the organic bars at 150 g. The company also offers hand wash, lotions and creams in refill formats and has a zero-waste stand at its visitor-centre shop with unwrapped soap, bath products and refills. Ingredient, scent and format details vary by product, so shoppers can use each product page to compare a particular range.

Visitor centre, factory shop and workshops

The Visitor Centre and Larder Café is at Inverlochy Mains, beside Old Inverlochy Castle and the River Lochy, about a mile north of Fort William and close to the A82. The company describes six acres of grounds and gardens, a shop with a large viewing window over the soap workshop, a café serving coffee, cake and meals, and soap-making sessions. The workshop lasts about 40 minutes: participants choose fragrances, colours and botanicals, make soaps and package them after they set; a café coffee is included. The site lists free parking and welcomes dogs subject to its puppy policy.

Shops and stockists around Scotland

Alongside the Visitor Centre, the company lists shops in Pitlochry, Oban, Fort William, St Andrews and Aviemore, and supplies gift and farm shops in the UK and abroad. The store pages publish separate opening times for each location, while the interactive stockist map helps customers look for a retailer near them. Trade enquiries are available for shops interested in carrying the range and for hospitality businesses seeking the products. The company recommends contacting a stockist before travelling to check whether a particular item is available.

Online orders and customer contact

The online shop groups its range by scent and product type and offers subscriptions, gifts and delivery across the UK. The site advertises free UK delivery above £45 and provides separate delivery, returns and refund information for online orders. The Visitor Centre is listed Monday–Saturday from 09:00 to 17:30 and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00; the Larder Café closes 30 minutes earlier. Customer enquiries can be directed to 01397 719186 or orders@highlandsoaps.com; the published phone line is open Monday–Friday from 09:00 to 16:30.