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Drumnadrochit (; ) is a village in the Highland local government council area of Scotland, lying near the west shore of Loch Ness at the foot of Glen Urquhart. The village is close to the villages of Milton to the west, Kilmore to the east and Lewiston to the south. The villages act as a centre for regional tourism beside Loch Ness and a local economic hub for the nearby communities.

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Place details

Locality
Drumnadrochit
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
1,130
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Drumnadrochit
UK place.gaelic_name
Druim na Drochaid
UK place.static_image_name
J M Briscoe24 08 200713 43 5301519 1 DRUMNADROCHIT.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Drumnadrochit in 2007
UK place.country
Scotland
UK place.map_type
Inverness
UK place.population_ref
()
UK place.os_grid_reference
NH508301
UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
107
UK place.london_distance_mi
439
UK place.post_town
INVERNESS
UK place.postcode_area
IV
UK place.postcode_district
IV63
UK place.dial_code
01456
UK place.constituency_westminster
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
UK place.unitary_scotland
Highland
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
Inverness
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

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Drumnadrochit (; ) is a village in the Highland local government council area of Scotland, lying near the west shore of Loch Ness at the foot of Glen Urquhart. The village is close to the villages of Milton to the west, Kilmore to the east and Lewiston to the south. The villages act as a centre for regional tourism beside Loch Ness and a local economic hub for the nearby communities.

==Geography== The village lies in Glen Urquhart on the A82 road to Inverness, near a junction with the A831 and beside the river Enrick. The river Enrick runs the length of Glen Urquhart, meeting the river Coltie and then flowing into Loch Ness (the eastern edge of Drumnadrochit). The nearby local hill and tourist attraction is called Craigmonie. Glen Urquhart itself adjoins Loch Ness and the larger geographical area known as the Great Glen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drumnadrochit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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