Raitts Burn
Raitts Burn is a stream in Highland Council, Scotland. Raitts Burn is situated nearby to the hamlet Lynchat, as well as near the locality Ruthven.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kingussie railway station and Speyside distillery.
Kingussie railway station
Railway station
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingussie railway station serves the town of Kingussie, Inverness-shire in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line, 71 miles 43 chains from Perth, between Newtonmore and Aviemore.
Speyside distillery
Distillery
Photo: SusanSpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Speyside distillery was a Scotch whisky distillery near the hamlet of Drumguish in the Speyside region of Scotland, close to the village of Kingussie. It produced SPEY and Beinn Dubh single malts, and Byron's Gin.
Highland Wildlife Park
Zoo
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Highland Wildlife Park is a 105-hectare safari park and zoo in Kingussie, Scotland. The park is located within the Cairngorms National Park. The park is run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Highland Wildlife Park is situated 2½ miles northeast of Raitts Burn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingussie and Insh.
Kingussie
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingussie is a town in Speyside in the central Scottish Highlands, with a population of 1470 in 2020. The Spey valley here broadens into a "strath" as it emerges from the hills, and turns north.
Insh
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Insh is a village in Highland, Scotland that lies on the east coast of the Insh Marshes. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey area, around 3+1⁄2 miles east of Kingussie, in the Spey valley. Insh is situated 2½ miles east of Raitts Burn.
Newtonmore
Village
Newtonmore is a village of approximately 1100 inhabitants in Badenoch, within the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland. Newtonmore is situated 4 miles west of Raitts Burn.
Raitts Burn
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.08333° or 57° 5′ northLongitude
-4.01667° or 4° 1′ westElevation
725 feet (221 metres)Open location code
9C9Q3XMM+88GeoNames ID
2639682
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