Grantown-on-Spey
Sign in to saveGrantown-on-Spey () is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about south-east of Inverness ( by road).
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Grantown-on-Spey
- UK place.local_name
- Grantown
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Grantown on Spey Winter.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A winter scene in Grantown-on-Spey
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 1.30
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 141
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 544
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ031276
- UK place.post_town
- Grantown-On-Spey
- UK place.postcode_area
- PH
- UK place.postcode_district
- PH26
- UK place.dial_code
- 01479
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile nan Granndach
- UK place.community_scotland
- Grantown-on-Spey
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2470
- Elevation
- 220
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.grantown.co.uk/main.htm
- Image
- Grantown on Spey Winter.JPG
Show 6 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Grantown-on-Spey
- OS grid reference
- NJ031276
- located in protected area
- Cairngorms National Park
- historic county
- Morayshire
- twinned administrative body
- Notre-Dame-de-Monts
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Accommodation
- Landmarks
- Museum and other notable buildings
- Community Facilities
- Churches
- Cemeteries
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Buses
- Education
- Sport
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Grantown-on-Spey () is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about south-east of Inverness ( by road).
The town was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement, and was originally called simply Grantown after Sir James Grant. The addition 'on Spey' was added by the burgh council in 1898. The town has several listed 18th and 19th century buildings, including several large hotels, and serves as a regional centre for tourism and services in the Strathspey region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grantown-on-Spey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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