Atherstone is close to Inverness City Centre with Eastgate Shopping Centre and Victorian Market. Also close by are Inverness Castle, Inverness Cathedral and walks to the Caledonian Canal, where you can join a "Loch Ness Monster" cruises and see Urquhart Castle.

Other local attractions include:-

The famous battle site at Culloden Moors
The 17th century Fort George
Cawdor Castle, home of Macbeth
Bronze Age site - Clava Cairns