Caol

Caol 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Banavie railway station and Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Loch Abar.

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

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

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochyside and Banavie.

Village
is a village.

Village
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 Caol and .

Suburb
is a north of , Highland, . is part of the Great Glen Way, a popular hiking and cycling route from to .

Caol

Latitude
56.83822° or 56° 50′ 18″ north
Longitude
-5.10198° or 5° 6′ 7″ west
Population
3,300
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9C8PRVQX+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254872458
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6269280
Wiki­data ID
Q5034366
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Caol” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Caol
  • Bengali: কাওল
  • Chinese: 卡奥
  • Chinese: 卡奧
  • Dutch: Caol
  • French: Caol
  • German: Caol
  • Gujarati: કૅઓલ
  • Irish: An Caol
  • Japanese: コール
  • Kannada: ಕಾಯೋಲ್
  • Korean: 카올
  • Lithuanian: Kaolis
  • Portuguese: Caol
  • Russian: Кэол
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Caol
  • Spanish: Caol
  • Tamil: காயல்
  • Telugu: కాఒళ్.
  • Urdu: کاول

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kilmallie Free Church of Scotland and Parish of Kilmallie.

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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 “Caol”. Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.