River Tummel
The River Tummel is a river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Water from the Tummel is used in the Tummel hydro-electric power scheme, operated by SSE. As a tributary of the River Tay, the Tummel is included as part of the River Tay Special Area of Conservation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pitlochry railway station and Pitlochry Dam and Power Station.
Pitlochry railway station
Railway station
Pitlochry railway station is a railway station serving the town of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Highland main line, 28 miles 21 chains from Perth, between Dunkeld & Birnam and Blair Atholl.
Blair Athol distillery
Distillery
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blair Athol distillery is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery located on the south edge of Pitlochry in Perthshire, near the River Tummel in Scotland. It is used in Bell's whisky, and is also normally available in a 12-year-old bottling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port na Craig and Pitlochry.
Port na Craig
Village
Port na Craig is a historic village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, located directly across the River Tummel from Pitlochry. A ferry connected Port na Craig and Pitlochry from the 12th century until 1913, when a pedestrian bridge was built between the two.
Pitlochry
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pitlochry is a town in Perth and Kinross with a population in 2021 of 2950. It's 27 miles north of Perth in the valley of the River Tummel, long a major route between the Lowlands and the central Highlands.
Moulin
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moulin is a village in Perthshire in central Scotland. It lies in the Tummel valley, 1 kilometre north of Pitlochry, and 40 kilometres north of Perth. The Black Castle of Moulin is the ruined remains of a 14th-century castle, built on a former island.
River Tummel
- Type: River
- Description: river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK, tributary of the River Tay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.69775° or 56° 41′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.72813° or 3° 43′ 41″ westElevation
528 feet (161 metres)Open location code
9C8RM7XC+3POpenStreetMap ID
way 888650452OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2635362Wikidata ID
Q1259288
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“River Tummel” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Tummel”
- Catalan: “Riu Tummel”
- Cebuano: “River Tummel”
- Chinese: “塔姆尔河”
- Dutch: “Tummel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر توميل”
- German: “River Tummel”
- Hebrew: “נהר טומל”
- Irish: “Uisge Theimheil”
- Polish: “Tummel”
- Russian: “Таммел”
- Scots: “River Tummel”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Teamhail”
- Serbian: “Тамел”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tummel”
- Swedish: “River Tummel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Westhaugh of Dalshian and Donavourd.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fonab Cemetery and Pitlochry Civic Amenity & Recycling Centre.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River Tummel”. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.