Benmore

Benmore is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Benmore is situated nearby to the hamlet Deer Park Cottages, as well as near Uig.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benmore Botanic Garden and Benmore House.

Benmore Botanic Garden

Garden

Photo: E96an, Public domain.

Benmore Botanic Garden is a large botanical garden situated in Strath Eachaig at the foot of Beinn Mhòr, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.

Benmore House

Castle

Photo: DFSHAW, CC BY 2.0.

Benmore House is a castle.

Beinn Ruadh is a mountain of Argyll and Bute in Scotland. Part of the Grampian Mountains, it lies between Loch Eck and Loch Long in Argyll Forest Park. Beinn Ruadh is situated 2 miles northeast of Benmore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rashfield and Coylet.

Rashfield

Hamlet

Rashfield is a hamlet on the Cowal peninsula, situated between Loch Eck and the head of Holy Loch, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The hamlet is on the A815 road and the River Eachaig flows past from Loch Eck to the Holy Loch. Rashfield is situated 1½ miles south of Benmore.

Coylet

Hamlet

Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coylet is a hamlet centred around the Coylet Inn beside Loch Eck, on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The hamlet is within the Argyll Forest Park, which is itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Coylet is situated 2 miles north of Benmore.

Ardentinny

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ardentinny is a small village on the western shore of Loch Long, 14 miles north of Dunoon in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Nearby is Cruach a' Chaise. On the opposite side of Loch Long is the village of Coulport, home of RNAD Coulport, the storage and loading base for the UK's Trident submarine fleet, part of the extensive HMNB Clyde. Ardentinny is situated 3 miles east of Benmore.

Benmore

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.03044° or 56° 1′ 50″ north

Longitude

-4.98595° or 4° 59′ 9″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

9C8Q22J7+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10290076972

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2655893

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