Dunkeld
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Loch of the Lowes
Lake
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of the Lowes is a loch near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The loch and the surrounding area are designated as a wildlife reserve, run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birnam and The Hermitage.
Birnam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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.
Dalguise
Hamlet
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dalguise is a settlement in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated on the western side of the River Tay on the B898 road, 5 miles north of Dunkeld. Dalguise is situated 3½ miles northwest of Dunkeld.
Dunkeld
- Type: Town with 1,340 residents
- Description: town in Strathtay, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.5656° or 56° 33′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.5863° or 3° 35′ 11″ westPopulation
1,340Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB XDKOpen location code
9C8RHC87+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 26880090OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Dunkeld” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Dunkeld”
- Belarusian: “Данкельд”
- Breton: “Dùn Chailleann”
- Bulgarian: “Данкелд”
- Bulgarian: “Дънкелд”
- Catalan: “Dunkeld”
- Cebuano: “Dunkeld”
- Chinese: “敦克尔德”
- Chinese: “邓凯尔德”
- Chinese: “鄧凱爾德”
- Czech: “Dunkeld”
- Dutch: “Dunkeld”
- French: “Dunkeld”
- German: “Dunkeld”
- Greek: “Ντάνκελντ”
- Irish: “Dún Chailleann”
- Irish: “Dùn Chailleann”
- Italian: “Dunkeld”
- Japanese: “ダンケルド・アンド・バーナム”
- Japanese: “ダンケルド”
- Korean: “던켈드”
- Macedonian: “Данкелд”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dunkeld”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dunkeld”
- Norwegian: “Dunkeld”
- Polish: “Dunkeld”
- Russian: “Данкелд”
- Russian: “Данкельд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dun Chailleann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Chailleann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dunkeld”
- Spanish: “Dunkeld”
- Swedish: “Dunkeld”
- Welsh: “Dunkeld”
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