Tain
Tain is a railway stop in Highland Council, Scotland. Tain is situated nearby to the cemetery St Duthus New Burial Ground, as well as near the art gallery Glasstorm.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tain railway station and Tain & District Museum.
Tain railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tain railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 44 miles 23 chains from Inverness, between Fearn and Ardgay.
Tain & District Museum
Museum
The Tain & District Museum is located in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland. It is volunteer-run and is open April to October part of the Tain Through Time visitor centre. The museum was established in 1966 and has a collection of silver made in the local area. Tain & District Museum is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Tain.
Tain Royal Academy
School
Tain Royal Academy is a secondary school in Highland, Scotland. The school first opened in 1813, with a new building opened in 1969 and an educational campus currently being built, due to open in 2026. Tain Royal Academy is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Tain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tain and Hill of Fearn.
Tain
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Tain is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso.
Hill of Fearn
Village
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hill of Fearn is a small village near Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland. Hill of Fearn is situated 4 miles southeast of Tain.
Edderton
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edderton is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. Edderton is situated 4½ miles west of Tain.
Tain
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.81436° or 57° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
-4.05165° or 4° 3′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C9QRW7X+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13331985750OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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