Kinross

Kinross is a small town in , 13 miles south of Perth. With a population of 5650 in 2021, it stands on the shores of Loch Leven, with the scarp of the Lomond Hills looming to the east and a mysterious giant golf ball to the west.
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  • Type: Town with 5,340 residents
  • Description: town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Ceann Rois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lochleven Castle and Burleigh Castle.

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is a ruined castle on an island in , in the local authority area of . Possibly built around 1300, the castle was the site of military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Castle
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The remains of are located just outside the village of , 1.5 miles north of Kinross, in , . The castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, and now sits beside the A911 road, opposite a 19th-century steading, recently adapted into housing.

Historic site
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
served the burgh of Kinross, , Scotland from 1860 to 1921 on the Kinross-shire Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milnathort and Balado.

Village
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, Scottish Gaelic: Muileann Choirthe, is a small town in the parish of Orwell in the county of Kinross-shire, Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of .

Village
, from Scottish Gaelic: Am Baile Àthach is a hamlet in Kinross-shire in the council area of . T in the Park was forced to relocate in 2011. It includes RAF Bridge.

Village
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is a rural hamlet off the B9097 between and the M90 motorway, three miles south-west of Kinross in central Scotland. It lies in the historic county of Kinross-shire. is situated 3 miles southwest of Kinross.

Kinross

Latitude
56.2034° or 56° 12′ 12″ north
Longitude
-3.4215° or 3° 25′ 17″ west
Population
5,340
Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KNR
Open location code
9C8R6H3H+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29346657
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645365
Wiki­data ID
Q781885
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Kinross” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kinross, Skotland”
  • Asturian: “Kinross”
  • Basque: “Kinross”
  • Breton: “Ceann Rois”
  • Catalan: “Kinross”
  • Cebuano: “Kinross”
  • Chinese: “金罗斯”
  • Chinese: “金羅斯”
  • Cornish: “Ceann Rois”
  • Dutch: “Kinross”
  • French: “Kinross”
  • German: “Kinross”
  • Irish: “Ceann Rois”
  • Italian: “Kinross”
  • Japanese: “キンロス”
  • Korean: “킨로스”
  • Latvian: “Kinrosa”
  • Malagasy: “Kinross”
  • Manx: “Ceann Rois”
  • Persian: “کینراس”
  • Polish: “Kinross”
  • Scots: “Kinross”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann Rois”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kinross”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kinross”
  • Spanish: “Kinross”
  • Swedish: “Kinross”
  • Welsh: “Ceann Rois”
  • Welsh: “Kinross”
  • “Ceann Rois”
  • “Kinross”

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