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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Village
- Description: town in Perthshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Birnam, Perth and Kinross”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dunkeld & Birnam railway station and Birnam Oak.
Birnam Arts
Community center
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunkeld and The Hermitage.
The Hermitage
Locality
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.Caputh
Village
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″ north
Longitude
-3.5751° or 3° 34′ 30″ west
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
Open location code
9C8RHC5F+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap 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”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Braonan”
- Welsh: “Birnam”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Little Dunkeld and Inver.
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