Alvie
Alvie is a small crofting hamlet on the south shore of Loch Alvie in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Inverness-shire, within the Scottish council area of Highland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Alvie and Waterloo Cairn, Kinrara.
Loch Alvie
Lake
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverdruie and Kincraig.
Inverdruie
Hamlet
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. Inverdruie is situated 2½ miles northeast of Alvie.
Kincraig
Village
Kincraig is a village located north of Kingussie and south of Aviemore in Highland, Scotland. Its original name was Boat of Inch, reflecting the ferry boat crossing of the Spey River that once operated here but the name was changed after a single track bridge was erected in 1871. Kincraig is situated 3 miles southwest of Alvie.
Aviemore
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.Alvie
- Type: Hamlet with 443 residents
- Description: hamlet in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.16032° or 57° 9′ 37″ north
Longitude
-3.87993° or 3° 52′ 48″ west
Population
443
Elevation
814 feet (248 metres)
Open location code
9C9R546C+42
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Alvie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Alvie”
- Catalan: “Alvie”
- Dutch: “Alvie”
- Hausa: “Alvie”
- Irish: “Albhaidh”
- Urdu: “الوی”
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