r/Skye • u/uuberr • 27d ago

We built a community map of Scotland's honesty boxes 🍰

Hiya r/Skye!

Since moving to Harrapool in 2025, our family has been keeping a list of honesty boxes we find and frequent. Over the last few months that list has slowly turned into a map that we use to plan every family outing. It's become such a part of our routine that we couldn't keep it to ourselves.

It's at honestybox.scot — 84 boxes across Scotland as of today, with a decent cluster on Skye and the surrounding mainland. We know we've missed plenty.

A few things up front:

  • Free. No ads. Browse without an account.
  • Anyone running a box can claim their listing — edit it, change photos, ask us to take it down. The owner has the final say. If you run one and don't want it on the map, one message and it's off.
  • Community-edited. Spot a closed box, an outdated photo, or something we got wrong? You can flag it or suggest the correction.
  • Listings auto-archive after 15 months without an update so we don't keep sending people to boxes that closed a year ago.

What we'd love from this sub:

  • The Skye ones we've missed (especially the hidden ones — those are the best).
  • Anything we got wrong on existing listings.
  • Honest feedback on the project itself, including if there's something about the approach that doesn't sit right.

Longer version of the why is on our studio's blog if you want it: https://collettaandco.com/blog/we-built-a-map-of-scotlands-honesty-boxes

👉 https://honestybox.scot

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u/twistedLucidity 27d ago

As u/Current_Thing2244 said:

Don't do it. They're supposed to be for local people by local people. Tourists WILL exploit and destroy the whole concept, they have with everything else. Feeding wild deer for photos, invading farms to get to highland coos for photos, the destruction of the NC500, etc. Keep it to yourself.

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u/YS54321 26d ago

Agree with the opt in comments. The farmer near us had a small patch of land on the road that was regularly used by campers with no issues, until it was posted online as an 'epic, free camping spot.'

Next thing there was several campervans a night, and all the usual issues of litter, waste and fires. The dogs cutting themselves on broken glass was the final straw, and some conveniently placed boulders blocked it off. The Internet isnt always a good thing!

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u/Onehundredturtles 27d ago

Oh no, this is incredibly misjudged and not at all in the spirit of smaller honest boxes.

Perhaps larger outfits will appreciate the advertising, but I think this could really disturb everyday people just trying to avoid wasting their extra produce.

I would reconsider your approach here OP. Having an opt-out model like yours feels very irresponsible.

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u/twistedLucidity 27d ago

Yeah, really needs to be opt-in. Presumed consent is pretty disgusting.

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u/SimonTheRunner 27d ago

Fantastic idea, love it. As an FYI, some of the screens are difficult to navigate / see on mobile.

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u/SimonTheRunner 27d ago

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u/uuberr 27d ago edited 27d ago

Thanks, that’s a great screenshot! We've made some tweaks to the UI that'll push out tonight. Would love to get your feedback again tomorrow. 🙏