Balquhidder
Balquhidder is a small village in Perthshire located 10 miles north-west of Callander. It is administered by the Stirling council area of Scotland and is overlooked by the dramatic mountain terrain of the "Braes of Balquhidder", at the head of Loch Voil.Photo: Alireid, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balquhidder Parish Church, Balquhidder and Meall an t-Seallaidh.
Meall an t-Seallaidh
Peak
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meall an t-Seallaidh is a mountain in the Southern Highlands of Scotland. It is located in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, west of Loch Earn. The mountain rises steeply from the village of Balquhidder. Meall an t-Seallaidh is situated 1½ miles north of Balquhidder.
Cam Chreag
Peak
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cam Chreag is a peak, which is situated 2 miles north of Balquhidder.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strathyre and Lochearnhead.
Strathyre
Village
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strathyre is a district and settlement in the Stirling local government district of Scotland. It forms the south-eastern part of the parish of Balquhidder and was, prior to the 1973 reorganisation of local government, part of Perthshire. Strathyre is situated 3 miles southeast of Balquhidder.
Lochearnhead
Photo: Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochearnhead is a village in Perth and Kinross, with a population of about 250. As the name implies it's at the top end of Loch Earn, at a junction of roads into the Highlands.
Ardchyle
Hamlet
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Ardchyle is a small hamlet in Stirling, Scotland. The Glendhu viaduct, just south of Ardchyle, was built for the now disused section of the Callander and Oban Railway which closed in 1965 after a landslide. Ardchyle is situated 5 miles north of Balquhidder.
Balquhidder
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.3572° or 56° 21′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.37298° or 4° 22′ 23″ westElevation
430 feet (131 metres)Open location code
9C8Q9J4G+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 26316416OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Balquhidder” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balquhidder”
- Chinese: “巴奎德”
- Dutch: “Balquhidder”
- French: “Balquhidder”
- German: “Balquhidder”
- Irish: “Both Chuidir”
- Italian: “Balquhidder”
- Japanese: “バルクウィダー”
- Japanese: “バルクハイダー”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balquhidder”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balquhidder”
- Persian: “بالکوهیدر”
- Portuguese: “Balquhidder”
- Scots: “Buchfudder”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Balquhidder”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Both Chuidir”
- Swedish: “Balquhidder”
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Notable Places Nearby
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