Poolewe
Poolewe is a small village in Wester Ross in the North West Highlands of Scotland, about 75 miles northwest of Inverness, by Loch Ewe. The River Ewe, one of the shortest in Scotland, joins the sea less than one mile from Inverewe Garden, renowned for its subtropical plants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inverewe Garden.
Inverewe Garden
Garden
Photo: Alexandre Dulaunoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross, and is noted for the breadth of its collection.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverasdale and Gairloch.
Inverasdale
Village
Photo: Grwhitton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inverasdale is a hamlet in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located by Loch Ewe, in the region of Wester Ross. Inverasdale is situated 4 miles northwest of Poolewe.
Gairloch
Photo: Dmacle2179, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.
Aultbea
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aultbea is a small coastal fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 kilometres west of Ullapool. Aultbea is situated 5 miles north of Poolewe.
Poolewe
- Type: Village with 230 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.76565° or 57° 45′ 56″ northLongitude
-5.60395° or 5° 36′ 14″ westPopulation
230Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PWEOpen location code
9C9PQ98W+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 25299734OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Poolewe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Poolewe”
- Cebuano: “Poolewe”
- Dutch: “Poolewe”
- German: “Poolewe”
- Irish: “Poll Iù”
- Italian: “Poolewe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Poll Iù”
- Swedish: “Poolewe”
- Welsh: “Poolewe”
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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 “Poolewe”. Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.