Loch Alvie
Loch Alvie is a loch located north of the River Spey, in the civil parish of Alvie, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The loch is about two miles southwest of Aviemore. HMS Loch Alvie, launched in 1944, is named after the loch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Duke of Gordon’s Monument, Kinrara and Aviemore railway station.
Aviemore railway station
Railway station
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Aviemore railway station serves the town and tourist resort of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. The station, which is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail, is on the Highland Main Line, 83 miles 31 chains from Perth, between Kingussie and Carrbridge, and is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey preserved railway.
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
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Craigellachie is a hill lying to the west of the village of Aviemore in Strathspey, in the central Highlands of Scotland. Craigellachie was declared a national nature reserve in 1961, and is managed by NatureScot through a lease from Reidhaven Estate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alvie and Inverdruie.
Alvie
Hamlet
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Alvie is a small crofting hamlet, a working Scottish highland estate and civil parish, located on the south shore of Loch Alvie in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Inverness-shire, within the Scottish council area of Highland.
Inverdruie
Hamlet
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Inverdruie is a small rural hamlet, that lies 2 miles southeast of Aviemore, in the strath of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Aviemore
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Aviemore is a town in the Spey Valley of Highland Scotland. It's the main base for skiing and other outdoor activities in Cairngorms National Park. It's the largest of a straggle of villages including Rothiemurcus and Coylumbridge, also described here, and in 2020 had a population of 3230.
Loch Alvie
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, south-west of Aviemore, outflows east to Allt Dibheach
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.16357° or 57° 9′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.87609° or 3° 52′ 34″ westElevation
919 feet (280 metres)Open location code
9C9R547F+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 33551577OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2657385Wikidata ID
Q24659139
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Loch Alvie” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Loch Alvie”
- Swedish: “Loch Alvie”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lynwilg and Alvie Estate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alvie Parish Church and Alvie Manse.
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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 “Loch Alvie”. Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.