Castle Stuart
Castle Stuart is a restored tower house on the banks of the Moray Firth, about 6.5 miles northeast of Inverness. The land the castle was built on was granted to the 1st Earl of Moray by his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, following her return to Scotland in 1561.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estate
- Description: castle in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Castle Stewart”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inverness Airport and Culloden Academy.
Inverness Airport
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverness Airport railway station was opened on 2 February 2023. It is close to the site of the former Dalcross railway station, and is served by ScotRail services between Inverness and Aberdeen. Inverness Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of Castle Stuart.
Culloden Academy
School
Culloden Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Culloden, Highland, Scotland. The present enrollment is 1,117 pupils. The catchment area includes Balloch, Croy, Smithton, Cradlehall and Ardersier in the east of Inverness. Culloden Academy is situated 2 miles southwest of Castle Stuart.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balloch and Culloden.
Balloch
Suburb
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balloch is a residential village four miles east of the city of Inverness, Scotland. Many children living in the area attend Culloden Academy. Balloch also has a primary school, local shop, a village hall, a bowling club, a village trust and a community council.
Culloden
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Culloden is a village 4 miles east of Inverness in The Great Glen and Strathspey region of the Highlands, nowadays a commuter town for the city, with a population of 3830 in 2022.
Dalcross
Hamlet
Dalcross, in the original Gaelic, Dealgan Cros, later shortened to Dealgros, is a location in the Highland region of Scotland. It is on the Moray Firth about 10 km east-north-east of Inverness and contains Inverness Airport, Dalcross industrial estate, Dalcross Castle and Dalcross Forest. Dalcross is situated 2½ miles east of Castle Stuart.
Castle Stuart
- Categories: castle and agriculture
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Slovak—“Castle Stuart” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Castle Stuart”
- Czech: “Stuart”
- Czech: “Zámek Stuart”
- German: “Castle Stuart”
- Japanese: “ステュアート城”
- Slovak: “Zámok Stuart”
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