Loch of the Lowes
Loch of the Lowes is a loch near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The loch and the surrounding area are designated as a wildlife reserve, run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK, on and outflows north-east to Lunan Burn
- Also known as: “Loch of Lowes”, “Loch of Lows”, and “Loch Of The Lowes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Butterstone and Dunkeld & Birnam railway station.
Loch of Butterstone
Lake
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Butterstone is a small freshwater loch, almost circular in shape, located within the nature reserve of the Cardney Estate, near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station serves the town of Dunkeld and village of Birnam in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located on the Highland Main Line, 15 miles 31 chains north of Perth and is the first stop on the line north of there, before Pitlochry.
Birnam Oak
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Birnam Oak is an example of Sessile oak at Birnam, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Sometimes known as Macbeth's oak, as it is a relic of Birnam Wood, mentioned in William Shakespeare's play, the tree is found in a strip of woodland on the south bank of the River Tay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunkeld and Birnam.
Dunkeld
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunkeld is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, on the east bank of the River Tay The village of Birnam is on the opposite bank, connected by the Telford Bridge; the combined population in 2021 was 1350.
Birnam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Birnam is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, which grew up in the 19th century as a resort town when the railway reached it. It's on the west bank of the River Tay, which here makes an S-bend, so it becomes the south bank.
The Hermitage
Locality
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
The Hermitage is a National Trust for Scotland-protected site in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross. Located just to the west of the A9, it sits on the banks of the River Braan in Craigvinean Forest.
Loch of the Lowes
- Categories: wildlife reserve and body of water
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.57779° or 56° 34′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.55007° or 3° 33′ 0″ westElevation
791 feet (241 metres)Open location code
9C8RHCHX+4XOpenStreetMap ID
way 211001427OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2643495Wikidata ID
Q1867305
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch of the Lowes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch of Lowes”
- French: “loch of the Lowes”
- French: “Loch of the Lowes”
- German: “Loch of Lowes”
- German: “Loch of the Lowes (Perth and Kinross)”
- German: “Loch of the Lowes”
- Japanese: “ロウズ湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch of the Lowes”
- Swedish: “Loch of Lowes”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Loch of the Lowes”. Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.