Birnam
Birnam is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, which grew up in the 19th century as a resort town when the railway reached it. It's on the west bank of the River Tay, which here makes an S-bend, so it becomes the south bank.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: town in Perthshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Birnam, Perth and Kinross”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunkeld & Birnam railway station and Birnam Oak.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station serves the town of Dunkeld and village of Birnam in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located on the Highland Main Line, 15 miles 31 chains north of Perth and is the first stop on the line north of there, before Pitlochry.
Birnam Oak
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Birnam Oak is an example of Sessile oak at Birnam, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Sometimes known as Macbeth's oak, as it is a relic of Birnam Wood, mentioned in William Shakespeare's play, the tree is found in a strip of woodland on the south bank of the River Tay.
Birnam Arts
Community center
Photo: Grahamstephen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birnam Arts is a multipurpose arts centre in Birnam, Perthshire, central Scotland. It is also known as the Birnam Arts and Conference Centre, and was originally named the Birnam Institute. It is a not for profit organisation owned by the community.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunkeld and The Hermitage.
Dunkeld
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunkeld is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, on the east bank of the River Tay The village of Birnam is on the opposite bank, connected by the Telford Bridge; the combined population in 2021 was 1350.
The Hermitage
Locality
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
The Hermitage is a National Trust for Scotland-protected site in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross. Located just to the west of the A9, it sits on the banks of the River Braan in Craigvinean Forest.
Caputh
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caputh is a parish and village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the A984 Coupar Angus-to-Dunkeld road, about 6 miles southeast of Dunkeld and 8 miles west of Coupar Angus. Caputh is situated 3½ miles east of Birnam.
Birnam
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.5576° or 56° 33′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.5751° or 3° 34′ 30″ westElevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C8RHC5F+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 26880091OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Birnam” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Birnam”
- Dutch: “Birnam”
- German: “Birnam”
- Irish: “Braonan”
- Japanese: “バーナム”
- Persian: “بیرنام”
- Russian: “Бирнам”
- Russian: “Бирнамский лес”
- Welsh: “Birnam”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Birnam”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.