River Nethy

The River Nethy is a right bank tributary of the River Spey in northeast Scotland. It rises as the Garbh Allt between Cairn Gorm and A' Chòinneach on the northern slopes of the Cairngorms and flows northwards through Strath Nethy and into Abernethy Forest.

Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Stream
Description: river in Highland, Scotland, UK, tributary of the River Spey
Also known as: “Nethy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Broomhill railway station and Broomhill Bridge.

Broomhill railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Broomhill railway station or Broomhill for Nethy Bridge railway station is a reconstructed railway station on the former Highland Railway main line which was originally built to serve the small villages of Nethy Bridge and Dulnain Bridge in Strathspey.

Broomhill Bridge

Bridge

Photo: jeff collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Broomhill Bridge is a wooden bridge over the River Spey.

Aultmore Bridge

Bridge

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nethy Bridge and Dulnain Bridge.

Nethy Bridge

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nethy Bridge is a small village in Strathspey in the Highland council area of Scotland. The village lies 5 miles south of Grantown-on-Spey within the historical parish of Abernethy and Kincardine, and the Cairngorms National Park.

Dulnain Bridge

Village

Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.

Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Spey Valley in the central Scottish Highlands, 20 miles southeast of Inverness. To the west is the "strath" or broad valley of the River Spey, which here narrows to descend east through the Cairngorms towards the coast in Moray.