Loch Garten

Loch Garten is a large Highland freshwater loch near Boat of Garten, in the Strathspey area of the Cairngorms National Park, in Scotland. It is surrounded by the tall pine trees of the Abernethy Forest, a large area of which is an RSPB nature reserve.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Abernethy Parish Church, Nethybridge and Broomhill railway station.

Abernethy Parish Church, Nethybridge

Church

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Broomhill railway station

Railway station

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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 railway station is situated 2½ miles north of Loch Garten.

Broomhill Bridge

Bridge

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The Broomhill Bridge is a wooden bridge over the River Spey. Broomhill Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Loch Garten.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nethy Bridge and Boat of Garten.

Nethy Bridge

Village

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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.

Boat of Garten

Village

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Boat of Garten is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the same in 2001. Boat of Garten is situated 3½ miles west of Loch Garten.

Dulnain Bridge

Village

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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. Dulnain Bridge is situated 3½ miles north of Loch Garten.

Loch Garten

Type: Lake
Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows southwest via a watercourse to Loch Mallachie
Categories: protected area and body of water
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.25° or 57° 15′ north

Longitude

-3.66667° or 3° 40′ west

Elevation

781 feet (238 metres)

Open location code

9C9R782M+28

GeoNames ID

2648825

Wikidata ID

Q907833

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Garten” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Loch Garten”
French: “loch Garten”
French: “Loch Garten”
German: “Loch Garten Osprey Centre”
Hausa: “Loch Garten”
Irish: “Loch a‘ Ghartain”
Irish: “Loch a’ Ghartain”
Spanish: “Loch Garten Osprey Centre”
Spanish: “Loch Garten”
Swedish: “Loch Garten”

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