Corpach
Corpach is a large village north of Fort William, in the Scottish Highlands. The canal lock at Corpach Basin on Loch Linnhe, east of the narrows leading to Loch Eil, is the western sea entrance of the Caledonian Canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “A‘ Chorpaich”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corpach railway station and Banavie railway station.
Corpach railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corpach railway station is a railway station serving the village of Corpach in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Banavie and Loch Eil Outward Bound, and is sited 1 mile 30 chains from Banavie Junction, near Fort William.
Banavie railway station
Railway station
Photo: T0m, Public domain.
Banavie railway station is a railway station on the West Highland Line serving the village of Banavie, although it is much closer to Caol, Scotland. It is sited between Corpach and Fort William, 22 chains from Banavie Junction, just north of Fort William.
Neptune’s Staircase
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neptune's Staircase is a staircase lock comprising eight locks on the Caledonian Canal. Built by Thomas Telford between 1803 and 1822, it is the longest staircase lock in Britain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caol and Banavie.
Caol
Village
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caol is a village near Fort William, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about 1+1⁄4 miles north of Fort William town centre, on the shore of Loch Linnhe, and is within the parish of Kilmallie.
Banavie
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banavie is a small settlement near Fort William in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. One of the closest villages to Ben Nevis, it is about 4 kilometres northeast of Fort William town centre, next to Caol and Corpach.
Achaphubuil
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achaphubuil is a small settlement to the north of Ardgour in Lochaber, in the Highlands of Scotland. Achaphubuil lies to the south of The Narrows, which link Loch Linnhe to Loch Eil.
Corpach
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.8439° or 56° 50′ 38″ northLongitude
-5.12426° or 5° 7′ 27″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB COROpen location code
9C8PRVVG+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 31481530OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6269281Wikidata ID
Q2409970
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Corpach” goes by many names.
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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 “Corpach”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.