In Popular Culture
- In 1980, the BBC did a series of documentaries, entitled "Great Railway Journeys Of The World". The Kyle of Lochalsh appeared in an episode entitled "Confessions of a Trainspotter", presented by Michael Palin. In the segment, Palin traveled by various trains from London to the furthest north point by rail, Kyle of Lochalsh. His humour was evident throughout the documentary. Upon reaching the Kyle of Lochalsh, he purchased a large piece of railway memorabilia—the Kyle of Lochalsh railway platform sign. The ending credits showed Palin taking the oversized sign with him back to London, which he then hung on his garden wall at home.
- Along with nearby town Plockton, the town became the backdrop to the BBC drama series "Hamish MacBeth".
- Kyle of Lochalsh was visited by the characters in Mark Chadbourn's trilogy, Age of Misrule.
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