Croftronan Hill

Croftronan Hill is a hill in Highland Council, Scotland and has an elevation of 846 feet. Croftronan Hill is situated nearby to the locality Cullachie, as well as near Duackbridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boat of Garten railway station and Abernethy Parish Church, Nethybridge.

Boat of Garten railway station

Railway station

Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Strathspey Railway in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland, operates a ten-mile heritage railway from Aviemore to Broomhill, Highland via Boat of Garten, part of the former Inverness and Perth Junction Railway which linked Aviemore with Forres. Boat of Garten railway station is situated 2 miles west of Croftronan Hill.

Abernethy Parish Church, Nethybridge

Church

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Abernethy Parish Church, Nethybridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Croftronan Hill.

Broomhill railway station

Railway station

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Broomhill railway station or Broomhill for Nethy Bridge railway station is a reconstructed railway station on the former Highland Railway main line which was originally built to serve the small villages of Nethy Bridge and Dulnain Bridge in Strathspey. Broomhill railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Croftronan Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nethy Bridge and Boat of Garten.

Nethy Bridge

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nethy Bridge is a small village in Strathspey in the Highland council area of Scotland. The village lies 5 miles south of Grantown-on-Spey within the historical parish of Abernethy and Kincardine, and the Cairngorms National Park. Nethy Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Croftronan Hill.

Boat of Garten

Village

Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boat of Garten is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the same in 2001. Boat of Garten is situated 2 miles west of Croftronan Hill.

Dulnain Bridge

Village

Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.

Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Spey Valley in the central Scottish Highlands, 20 miles southeast of Inverness. To the west is the "strath" or broad valley of the River Spey, which here narrows to descend east through the Cairngorms towards the coast in Moray. Dulnain Bridge is situated 4 miles north of Croftronan Hill.

Croftronan Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 846 feet
Category: landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.25205° or 57° 15′ 7″ north

Longitude

-3.69809° or 3° 41′ 53″ west

Elevation

846 feet (258 metres)

Open location code

9C9R7822+RQ

GeoNames ID

12622840

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