Balloch
Balloch is a residential village four miles east of the city of Inverness, Scotland. Many children living in the area attend Culloden Academy. Balloch also has a primary school, local shop, a village hall, a bowling club, a village trust and a community council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 1,420 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Balloch, Highland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Culloden Academy and Culloden House Hotel.
Culloden Academy
School
Culloden Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Culloden, Highland, Scotland. The present enrollment is 1,117 pupils. The catchment area includes Balloch, Croy, Smithton, Cradlehall and Ardersier in the east of Inverness.
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre
Museum
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre is a museum, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Balloch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culloden and Smithton.
Culloden
Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culloden is a village 4 miles east of Inverness in The Great Glen and Strathspey region of the Highlands, nowadays a commuter town for the city, with a population of 3830 in 2022.
Smithton
Suburb
Smithton is a residential area on the eastern outskirts of the city of Inverness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located about 5 km east of the city centre, to the north-east of Westhill, and to the south-west of Culloden. Smithton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Balloch.
Westhill
Suburb
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westhill is a commuter village on the eastern outskirts of the city of Inverness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about 3 miles from the city centre, between Cradlehall and Culloden, to the south of the Moray Firth. Westhill is situated 2 miles southwest of Balloch.
Balloch
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.49656° or 57° 29′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.1163° or 4° 6′ 59″ westPopulation
1,420Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
9C9QFVWM+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 348442832OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11592108Wikidata ID
Q2197148
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Balloch” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balloch”
- Dutch: “Balloch”
- Irish: “Baile an Loch”
- Irish: “Baile an Locha, Comhairle na Gáidhealtachd”
- Irish: “Baile an Locha, Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd”
- Irish: “Baile an Locha”
- Spanish: “Balloch”
- Swedish: “Balloch, Highland”
- Swedish: “Balloch”
- Welsh: “Balloch”
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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 “Balloch”. Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.