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Ardersier

Ardersier is a small former fishing village in the on the near Fort George, between and . Its name may be an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the joiners", one local legend being that…
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  • Type: Village with 1,150 residents
  • Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Campbelltown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inverness Airport and Fort George.

Aerodrome
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an situated at Dalcross, Scotland, 7 NM north-east of . It is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. is situated 1½ miles south of Ardersier.

Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of in the council area of . It was built to control the in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, replacing a in Inverness constructed after the 1715 Jacobite rising to control the area. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ardersier.

Scenic viewpoint
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lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the between and on the , Scotland. is situated 2 miles west of Ardersier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tornagrain and Rosemarkie.

Village
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is a hamlet and planned village in the , situated around 7 miles northeast of . It falls within the Highland council area for local government purposes. is situated 3 miles south of Ardersier.

Village
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is a village on the south coast of the peninsula in Ross-shire, northern . is situated 3½ miles northwest of Ardersier.

Hamlet
is a small hamlet 2 miles south-east from Ardersier and 7 miles south-west of in , . It is in the council area of Highland. is situated 3½ miles southeast of Ardersier.

Ardersier

Latitude
57.56765° or 57° 34′ 4″ north
Longitude
-4.03655° or 4° 2′ 12″ west
Population
1,150
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ARS
Open location code
9C9QHX97+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 401533696
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2657187
Wiki­data ID
Q1011351
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Ardersier” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ardersier”
  • Bulgarian: “Ардерсиер”
  • Cebuano: “Ardersier”
  • Chinese: “阿德西爾”
  • Dutch: “Ardersier”
  • French: “Ardersier”
  • German: “Ardersier”
  • Irish: “Àird nan Saor”
  • Italian: “Ardersier”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ardersier”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ardersier”
  • Norwegian: “Ardersier”
  • Portuguese: “Ardersier”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Àird nan Saor”
  • Slovenian: “Ardersier”
  • Spanish: “Ardersier”
  • Swedish: “Ardersier”
  • Welsh: “Ardersier”
  • “Ardersier”

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Highlights include Ardersier Post Office and Ardersier, War Memorial.

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