River Ness
The River Ness is a short river in the Great Glen of Scotland. It begins at Loch Dochfour, at the northern end of Loch Ness, and flows northeast towards the city of Inverness, where it empties into the Moray Firth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Inverness railway station and St Michael & All Angels, Inverness.
Inverness railway station
Railway station
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverness railway station serves the Scottish city of Inverness. It is the terminus of the Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen–Inverness line, the Kyle of Lochalsh line and the Far North Line.
St Michael & All Angels, Inverness
Church
Photo: Len Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael & All Angels is a church of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the city of Inverness in Scotland on the west bank of the River Ness. It is in the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.
Old High St Stephen’s
Church
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Old High St Stephen's Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland. The congregation was formed on 30 October 2003 by a union of the congregations of Inverness Old High and Inverness St Stephen's.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merkinch and Inverness.
Merkinch
Suburb
Photo: Dave Conner, CC BY 2.0.
Merkinch is an area of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Originally an island separated from the rest of the city by a small river to the south known as The Aban as well as a sea loch known as Loch Nabon to the west, it is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Inverness.
Inverness
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Inverness is a city in The Great Glen and Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands, at the point where the River Ness flows out into the Moray Firth. Inverness is the only town of any size in the Highlands, and is the region's commercial and administrative centre.
Longman
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Longman is an area in Inverness, Scotland, north of the city centre, bounded by the Moray Firth and River Ness and holding its largest industrial estate.
River Ness
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Highland, Scotland, UK, flows into the mouth of the Beauly Firth at Inverness
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“River Ness” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Ness”
- Basque: “Ness”
- Breton: “Nis”
- Bulgarian: “Нес”
- Catalan: “Ness”
- Cebuano: “River Ness”
- Chinese: “內斯河”
- Chinese: “内斯河”
- Chinese: “尼斯河”
- Chuvash: “Несс”
- Czech: “Ness”
- Dutch: “Ness”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيس”
- Estonian: “Nessi jõgi”
- French: “Ness”
- French: “River Ness”
- German: “Ness”
- German: “River Ness”
- Hebrew: “נס”
- Irish: “Abhainn Nis”
- Italian: “Ness”
- Japanese: “ネス川”
- Ladin: “Ness”
- Macedonian: “Нес”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ness”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Ness”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nesselva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “River Ness”
- Norwegian: “Ness”
- Polish: “Ness”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ness”
- Russian: “Несс”
- Scots: “River Ness”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Nis”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ness”
- Slovenian: “Ness (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Ness”
- Spanish: “Rio Ness”
- Spanish: “Río Ness”
- Swedish: “River Ness”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inverness Youth Hostel and Caledonian Stadium.
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