Drumnadrochit
Sign in to saveDrumnadrochit (; ) 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
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1150
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Urquhart Castle (2499058382).jpg
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- P7959
- Inverness-shire
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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.