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Banavie

Banavie is a small settlement near Fort William in the of Scotland. One of the closest villages to , it is about 4 kilometres northeast of Fort William town centre, next to and .
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Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Banavie railway station and Neptune’s Staircase.

Railway station
Photo: T0m, Public domain.
is a railway station on the West Highland Line serving the village of Banavie, although it is much closer to , Scotland. It is sited between and , 22 chains from Banavie Junction, just north of Fort William.

Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neptune's Staircase is a staircase lock comprising eight locks on the . Built by Thomas Telford between 1803 and 1822, it is the longest staircase lock in Britain.

School
is a Gaelic-medium primary at near Fort William in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caol and Lochyside.

Village
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near , in the council area of . It is about 1+1⁄4 miles north of Fort William town centre, on the shore of , and is within the parish of Kilmallie.

Village
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village.

Village
is a large village north of , in the . The canal lock at Basin on , east of the narrows leading to , is the western sea entrance of the .

Banavie

Latitude
56.84555° or 56° 50′ 44″ north
Longitude
-5.0982° or 5° 5′ 54″ west
Population
1,350
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
9C8PRWW2+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26263026
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2656409
Wiki­data ID
Q1967984
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Banavie” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Banavie”
  • Catalan: “Banavie”
  • Dutch: “Banavie”
  • German: “Banavie”
  • Irish: “Banbhaidh”
  • Japanese: “バナヴィー”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Banbhaidh”
  • Spanish: “Banavie”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Banavie”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.