Loch Carron
Loch Carron is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stromeferry headland east of Loch Kishorn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: sea loch in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Lochcarron”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stromeferry railway station and Bad a’ Chreamha.
Stromeferry railway station
Railway station
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Stromeferry railway station is a station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Stromeferry in the Highlands, northern Scotland. Stromeferry lies on the southern shore of Loch Carron, across from the ruined Strome Castle, near the west coast. Stromeferry railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Loch Carron.
Bad a’ Chreamha
Peak
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Bad a' Chreamha is a small hill in Scotland, occupying the broad peninsula between Loch Carron and Loch Kishorn. It consists of a long low ridge; the northwestern side is marked by a series of broken crags, whilst to the south the hill slopes down to the shores of Loch Carron. Bad a’ Chreamha is situated 2 miles west of Loch Carron.
Strome Castle
Ruins
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Strome Castle is a ruined castle on the shore of Loch Carron in Stromemore, 3.5 miles south-west of the village of Lochcarron, on the headland between Loch Carron and Loch Kishorn, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands. Strome Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Loch Carron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achmore and Lochcarron.
Achmore
Hamlet
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Achmore is a hamlet located close to the south shore of Loch Carron, approximately seven miles east of Plockton near Stromeferry in the historic county of Wester Ross and within the Highland council area, Scotland. Achmore is situated 2½ miles southwest of Loch Carron.
Lochcarron
Village
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Lochcarron is a village, community and civil parish in the Wester Ross area of Highland, Scotland. It has a population of 923. Lochcarron is situated 2½ miles north of Loch Carron.
Attadale
Hamlet
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Attadale is a settlement and estate in Wester Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on the southern shore of Loch Carron, between the villages of Stromeferry and Strathcarron. Attadale is situated 3 miles northeast of Loch Carron.
Loch Carron
- Categories: inlet and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Loch Carron” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carron aintzira”
- Breton: “Loch Carrann”
- Catalan: “Loch Carron”
- Cebuano: “Loch Carron”
- Chinese: “卡伦湾”
- Dutch: “Loch Carron”
- French: “Loch Carron”
- Irish: “Loch Carrann”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Carron”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Carrann”
- Swedish: “Loch Carron”
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About Mapcarta. 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 Carron”. Photo: Ed g2s, CC BY-SA 4.0.