As you will see from our photos in our Gallery, we have revised our layout inside the shop at The Captain’s Cabin in Ullapool. For your comfort and safety, there is a traffic light system before you climb the stairs to ensure the safe entry and exit for all of our customers. We also have a one way system in place around the shop and will ask that you use hand sanitiser upon entering and exiting the shop.
For any queries, please phone 01854 612356
The Captain’s Cabin in Ullapool is currently open 7 days a week. Monday to Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday from 12noon-5pm
If you are travelling to the area, please feel free to call us to confirm any stock availability or to confirm any unexpected changes to our opening times. 01854 612356
Looking for bright, colourful toys for your young child? Then why not check out our brand new delivery from Bigjigs Toys Ltd? We have suitable toys for all ages, including the very dinky: #Diditrike (pictured here!). We also have jigsaws, seacopters, Recycling Trucks, Trains, Seaplanes and much much more. All now available at the Captain’s Cabin, open 7 days 9am-6pm and 10am-5pm on Sundays.
The Captain’s Cabin is now only open during the day, but we are still open 7 days a week! We are now open Monday – Saturday 9am-6pm and Sundays from 10am-5pm. Any revised opening hours will be posted online. Thanks for all of your support during the evenings this summer, it is much appreciated.
We have a small but perfectly formed online shop for Ullapool Bookshop and The Captain’s Cabin gift shop called Ullapool Trading. Here you can find books, maps, cards and Scottish Highland gifts; all of which can be despatched to you at home. We also have a variety of North Route 500 items which can help with planning your trip.
The Captain’s Cabin, Ullapool Bookshop and Lochbroom Hardware are pleased to donate in full all monies collected in respect of the 5p carrier bag charges to charity. Since the charge was introduced we have donated ?724.45 to Highland Hospice and, this year ?183.75 to Munlochy Animal Aid.
Stunning new designs from Artist Cath Waters, who is now based on Skye, are now in stock at the Captain’s Cabin in Ullapool. We are delighted to have in stock ‘Strawberry Moonrise,’ Winter beach Luskentyre,’ which are available as placemats, necklaces, earrings, mugs and also tiles.
We now have in stock a brand new range of games from Bigjigs Toys and fascinatingly gruesome games from Horrible Science! How about blood, bones and body bits?! 
Fresh new candles and diffusers from Isle of Skye Candles and Shearer Candles are now on sale from The Captain’s Cabin in Ullapool. Open 7 days from 9am-6pm and Sundays 10am-5pm
Ullapool Bookshop launches new online website
Ullapool Trading are pleased to announce the launch of their new website. The site at www.ullapooltrading.com will begin selling a carefully chosen selection of local interest books, maps and boxed greetings card. Launching on 1st March, customers will be able to ship to the UK and Europe.
Katrina Thomson, Owner of Ullapool Trading, said: ?Local interest items are often hard to source online, and by launching this website we hope to give access to the fantastic array of talent found in the Scottish Highlands.?
The Captain?s Cabin was originally opened in 1946 by Constance Mitford as a gift shop and tearoom with Ullapool Bookshop opening in 2003 in the next door premises. Having passed from mother to daughter for three generations, her grand-daughter Katrina hopes to continue her legacy to the area through this evolution of a website.
For further information, please contact Katharine Douglas at [email protected]
Telephone: 01854 612918
About us
The Captain?s Cabin is a unique Scottish Gift and Craft Shop, situated on the corner of Quay Street and Shore Street, directly above Lochbroom Hardware and next to The Ullapool Bookshop, in the beautiful village of Ullapool, Ross-shire. The Captain?s Cabin was first established as a Gift and Tea shop in 1946 by Mrs Constance Mitford of Lochbroom. The business has remained in the family ever since and is run today by her grand-daughter Mrs Katrina Thomson.
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The website has been designed locally in Ullapool by Steve Douglas, www.steve-douglas.com