Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyle of Lochalsh is a village in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 590 in 2020. It is just across the water from Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye and was the traditional route to Skye by ferry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 590 residents
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kyle of Lochash”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eilean Bàn and Kyle of Lochalsh railway station.
Eilean Bàn
Island
Eilean Bàn is a six-acre island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area.
Kyle of Lochalsh railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is the terminus of the Kyle of Lochalsh Line in the village of Kyle of Lochalsh in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is 63 miles 64 chains from Dingwall.
Castle Maol
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caisteal Maol is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is also known as Castle Moil, Castle Maol, Dun Akyn, Dunakin Castle, Dun Haakon and Castle Dunakin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyleakin and Erbusaig.
Kyleakin
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyleakin is a village on the island of Skye, traditionally a ferry port. It has become quieter since the Skye Bridge replaced the ferry from the mainland, but is an attractive small place worth a stop. In 2011 the population was around 300.
Erbusaig
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Erbusaig is a small remote township, situated on Erbusaig Bay near Kyle of Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. In the language of Gaelic, the village is named after Erb, a Viking who landed in the Bay.
Drumbuie
Hamlet
Drumbuie is a settlement situated less than 1 mile southwest of Duirinish in Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. The fishing hamlet of Erbusaig is located less than one mile to the southwest. Drumbuie is situated 2½ miles north of Kyle of Lochalsh.
Kyle of Lochalsh
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.2814° or 57° 16′ 53″ northLongitude
-5.7151° or 5° 42′ 54″ westPopulation
590Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KYLOpen location code
9C9P77JM+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 26494599OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Kyle of Lochalsh” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Քայլ օֆ Լոխալշ”
- Basque: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Catalan: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Cebuano: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Chinese: “洛哈尔什教区凯尔”
- Chinese: “洛哈爾什凱爾”
- Chinese: “洛哈爾什教區凱爾”
- Dutch: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- French: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- German: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Irish: “Caol Loch Aillse”
- Italian: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Japanese: “カイル・オブ・ロカルシュ”
- Japanese: “カイル・オブ・ロハルシュ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Norwegian: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Persian: “کایل آو لاکالش”
- Polish: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Polish: “Polish”
- Russian: “Кайл-оф-Лохалш”
- Scots: “Kyle o Lochalsh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Loch Aillse”
- Spanish: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Swedish: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
- Welsh: “Kyle of Lochalsh”
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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 “Kyle of Lochalsh”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.