Gairloch
Sign in to saveGairloch ( ; , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a museum, several hotels, a variety of shops, takeaway restaurants, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local newspaper (Gairloch and District Times), radio station (Radio Wester Ross), beaches and nearby mountains. Gairloch is one of the principal villages on the North Coast 500 route.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gairloch
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
- UK place.post_town
- GAIRLOCH
- UK place.postcode_district
- IV21
- UK place.postcode_area
- IV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01445
- UK place.static_image_name
- Gairloch 01.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View towards Strath
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Gairloch
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Geàrrloch
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NG803769
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 155
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 484
- UK place.map_type
- Ross and Cromarty
- UK place.civil_parish
- Gairloch
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
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Gairloch ( ; , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a museum, several hotels, a variety of shops, takeaway restaurants, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local newspaper (Gairloch and District Times), radio station (Radio Wester Ross), beaches and nearby mountains. Gairloch is one of the principal villages on the North Coast 500 route.
The parish of Gairloch extends over a much wider area, including the villages of Poolewe, Kinlochewe and Aultbea, and has a population of 950. The nearest railway station is located at Achnasheen, and the nearest mainland airport is in Inverness.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gairloch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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