Merkinch
Merkinch is an area of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Originally an island separated from the rest of the city by a small river to the south known as The Aban as well as a sea loch known as Loch Nabon to the west, it is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Inverness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Conner, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grant Street Park and St Michael & All Angels, Inverness.
Grant Street Park
Sports venue
Clachnacuddin Football Club is a part-time, senior Scottish football club based in the city of Inverness, that currently plays in the Highland League. Clachnacuddin have won the most Highland Football League championships in the competition's history: a total of 18, a title shared with now defunct side, Caledonian.
St Michael & All Angels, Inverness
Church
Photo: Len Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael & All Angels is a church of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the city of Inverness in Scotland on the west bank of the River Ness. It is in the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.
Inverness railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inverness railway station serves the Scottish city of Inverness. It is the terminus of the Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen–Inverness line, the Kyle of Lochalsh line and the Far North Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Kessock and Muirtown.
South Kessock
Suburb
Photo: Alasdair MacNeill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Kessock is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated to the city's north at the mouth of the River Ness.
Muirtown
Suburb
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muirtown is an area in the west end of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It contains the Muirtown basin and Muirtown Primary School. An expansion of the Caledonian Canal close to its northeastern termination, the Muirtown Basin lies between Clachnaharry and Muirtown a mile northwest of Inverness city centre.
Inverness
Photo: Avarim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inverness is a city in The Great Glen and Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands, at the point where the River Ness flows out into the Moray Firth. Inverness is the only city of any size in the Highlands, and is the region's commercial and administrative centre.
Merkinch
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.48479° or 57° 29′ 5″ northLongitude
-4.23781° or 4° 14′ 16″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C9QFQM6+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 730218483OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Merkinch” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Merkinch”
- Irish: “Marc-Innis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Marc-Innis”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clachnacuddin FC and Merkinch Post Office.
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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 “Merkinch”. Photo: Dave Conner, CC BY 2.0.