Fort William

Fort William is a town at the foot of , on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands. It's the main transport, commercial and visitor hub for the area: its attractions include Ben Nevis, Nevis Range ski resort, the Caledonian Canal, and "The Jacobite" steam train.
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  • Type: Town with 5,610 residents
  • Description: town in Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Fort William, Scotland” and “Gearasdan”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Fort William railway station and West Highland Museum.

Railway station
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serves the town of Fort William, in the Highland region of .

Museum
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The tells the story of the and the Islands.

Courthouse
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is a judicial building on the High Street in Fort William in Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caol and Glen Nevis.

Village
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is a village near Fort William, in the council area of .

Village
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is a glen in Lochaber, , Scotland, with Fort William at its foot.

Suburb
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is a north of Fort William, Highland, .

Fort William

Latitude
56.8178° or 56° 49′ 4″ north
Longitude
-5.111° or 5° 6′ 39″ west
Population
5,610
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
IATA airport code
FWM
UN/LOCODE
GB FWM
Open location code
9C8PRV9Q+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 17917137
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2649169
Wiki­data ID
Q848909
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Fort William” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Fort William”
  • Basque: “Fort William”
  • Belarusian: “Форт-Уільям”
  • Bengali: “ফোর্ট উইলিয়াম”
  • Breton: “An Gearasdan”
  • Bulgarian: “Форт Уилям”
  • Catalan: “Fort William”
  • Cebuano: “Fort William”
  • Chinese: “威廉堡”
  • Cornish: “An Gearasdan”
  • Czech: “Fort William”
  • Danish: “Fort William”
  • Dutch: “Fort William”
  • Esperanto: “Fort William”
  • Estonian: “Fort William”
  • Faroese: “Fort William”
  • Finnish: “Fort William”
  • French: “Fort William”
  • German: “Fort William”
  • Gujarati: “ફોર્ટ વિલિયમ”
  • Hebrew: “פורט ויליאם”
  • Hungarian: “Fort William”
  • Icelandic: “Fort William”
  • Irish: “An Gearasdan”
  • Italian: “Fort William”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ウィリアム”
  • Kalaallisut: “Fort William”
  • Kannada: “ಫೋರ್ಟ್ ವಿಲಿಯಂ”
  • Kazakh: “Форт-Уильям”
  • Korean: “포트윌리엄”
  • Latvian: “Fortviljama”
  • Lithuanian: “Fort Viljamas”
  • Manx: “An Gearasdan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort William”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fort William i Skottland”
  • Norwegian: “Fort William”
  • Persian: “فورت ویلیام، هایلند”
  • Persian: “فورت ویلیام”
  • Polish: “Fort William”
  • Portuguese: “Fort William”
  • Russian: “Форт Вильям”
  • Russian: “Форт-Уильям”
  • Scots: “The Fort”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Gearasdan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort William, Škotska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort William”
  • Slovak: “Fort William”
  • Slovenian: “Fort William, Škotska”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فورت ویلیام، هایلند”
  • Spanish: “Fort William”
  • Swedish: “Fort William, Highland”
  • Swedish: “Fort William”
  • Tamil: “போர்ட் வில்லியம்”
  • Telugu: “ఫోర్ట్ విలియం”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-Вільям”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ ولیم”
  • Welsh: “An Gearasdan”
  • Welsh: “Fort William”
  • Western Frisian: “Fort William”
  • “Fort William - An Gearasdan”

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