Anyone who has made the trip north to Dornoch knows a journey to the Highlands rewards a detour. A few miles west of Inverness, in the small town of Beauly, there’s one worth making: Campbell’s of Beauly, a country outfitter and tailor that has been outfitting the Highlands since 1858, and easily one of the best shops in the world.

For most of its history, Campbell’s remained in the family that founded it. In 2015, three siblings descended from the founders handed it over to John and Nicola Sugden. John comes from a family of Huddersfield weavers and learned the trade at Johnstons of Elgin, so he knows his way around a bolt of cloth and a weaving mill.

The shop is organized around a wall of tweed (which would be a great band name), with hats and all sorts of accessories, a women’s room, and three further men’s rooms full of Scottish knits and clothing made in Britain. What makes Campbell’s truly special, though, is out back: a tailoring workshop in the garden.

Many of the great Scottish estates have their own tweed, worn by owners and staff for shooting and stalking, and Campbell’s handles much of the outfitting. These cloths are generally reserved for the estates themselves, so in a way they function as subtle logos. Golfers wore tweed long before anyone thought of performance fabric, and the workshop still turns out plus fours.

Campbell’s is open Monday through Saturday, so plan around Sunday. There’s now a second shop in Dornoch, too, in the old Carnegie Courthouse on Castle Street, a short walk from Royal Dornoch. But the tweed wall is in Beauly. If you make your way to the Highlands, take the detour. You won’t regret it.