A863 road

{{Short description|Road in Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox road

|country=SCT

|type=A

|route=863

|header_type=minor

|length_mi=

|direction_a=

|terminus_a = Dunvegan

|direction_b=

|terminus_b = Sligachan

|junction = {{jct|country=GBR|A|87|name1= }}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|850|name1= }}

|destinations=

}}

The A863 road is one of the principal roads of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of mainland Scotland.{{Cite web|title = View: Sheet 24, North Skye – Ordnance Survey One-inch to the mile maps of Great Britain, Seventh Series, 1952-1961|url = http://maps.nls.uk/view/91549087|website = National Library of Scotland|access-date = 2016-01-23|publisher = National Library of Scotland|last = Ordnance Survey}}{{Cite web|title = View: Sheet 25, Portree – Ordnance Survey One-inch to the mile maps of Great Britain, Seventh Series, 1952-1961|url = http://maps.nls.uk/view/91549090|website = National Library of Scotland|access-date = 2016-01-23|last = Ordnance Survey|publisher = National Library of Scotland}}

It connects the town of Dunvegan and the north west of the island with the A87 that then crosses the Skye Bridge for access to the mainland road system. The A863 is some {{Convert|23|mi|km}} in length.

File:Isle Of Skye A863 The Cuillins.jpg on the A863 towards Sligachan on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.]]