Gorstan
Gorstan is a small hamlet about a mile northwest of Garve in the Ross-shire region in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is situated at the junction between the A835 towards Ullapool, and the A832 towards Achnasheen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garve railway station and Loch Luichart.
Garve railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garve railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Garve in the north of Scotland. Garve is located at the eastern edge of Loch Garve, measured 11 miles 65 chains from Dingwall, and is the first stop on the line before Lochluichart.
Loch Luichart
Photo: Pip Rolls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Luichart is situated 2½ miles southwest of Gorstan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garve and Contin.
Garve
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garve is a village on the Black Water river, in Ross-shire, and is in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated 5 miles northwest of Contin, on the A835, the main road to Ullapool on the west coast, close to where the A832 branches off towards Achnasheen.
Contin
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Contin is a Ross-shire village, and a civil parish and community council area between Strathpeffer and Garve in the Highland council area of Scotland. The parish has a population of 675. Contin is situated 6 miles southeast of Gorstan.
Gorstan
- Type: Hamlet
- 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
57.62608° or 57° 37′ 34″ northLongitude
-4.70291° or 4° 42′ 11″ westElevation
230 feet (70 metres)Open location code
9C9QJ7GW+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 25309972OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Gorstan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gorstan”
- Dutch: “Gorstan”
- Irish: “An Goirtean”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Garve and Tarvie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wyvis Natural Play Park - Garve and Garve Hall.
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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 “Gorstan”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.