River Tain
River Tain is a stream in Highland Council, Scotland. River Tain is situated nearby to the locality Knockbreck, as well as near Fendom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tain railway station and Tain & District Museum.
Tain railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tain railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 44 miles 23 chains from Inverness, between Fearn and Ardgay.
Tain & District Museum
Museum
The Tain & District Museum is located in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland. It is volunteer-run and is open April to October part of the Tain Through Time visitor centre. The museum was established in 1966 and has a collection of silver made in the local area.
Tain Royal Academy
School
Tain Royal Academy is a secondary school in Highland, Scotland. The school first opened in 1813, with a new building opened in 1969 and an educational campus currently being built, due to open in 2026.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tain and Hill of Fearn.
Tain
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tain is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso.
Hill of Fearn
Village
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hill of Fearn is a small village near Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland. Hill of Fearn is situated 4 miles southeast of River Tain.
Inver
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inver is a small village located on the south east shore of the Inver Bay at the point where the bay opens out into the Dornoch Firth and is in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Inver is situated 4½ miles east of River Tain.
River Tain
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Tain” and “Tain Water”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.81667° or 57° 49′ northLongitude
-4.03333° or 4° 2′ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C9QRX88+MMGeoNames ID
2636320
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Knockbreck and Fendom.
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