Muirtown

Muirtown is an area in the west end of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It contains the Muirtown basin and Muirtown Primary School. An expansion of the Caledonian Canal close to its northeastern termination, the Muirtown Basin lies between Clachnaharry and Muirtown a mile northwest of Inverness city centre.

Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inverness railway station and Inverness Castle.

Inverness railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Inverness railway station serves the city of Inverness, in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the terminus of the Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen–Inverness line, the Kyle of Lochalsh line and the Far North Line.

Inverness Castle

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Inverness Castle is a castle overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Highland, Scotland. A succession of castles has occupied the site since 1057, although the present red sandstone structure was completed in 1836 to designs by William Burn and later extended by Thomas Brown II.

Inverness Cathedral

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Inverness Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church situated in the city of Inverness in Scotland close to the banks of the River Ness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scorguie and Clachnaharry.

Scorguie

Suburb

Scorguie is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated in the city's north-west, on the west bank of the Caledonian Canal, and is often considered a suburb to the city.

Clachnaharry

Suburb

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clachnaharry is a former fishing village, now part of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. Clachnaharry is situated on the south shore of the Beauly Firth, about 2 miles west of the city centre.

Merkinch

Suburb

Photo: Dave Conner, CC BY 2.0.

Merkinch is an area of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Originally an island separated from the rest of the city by a small river to the south known as The Aban as well as a sea loch known as Loch Nabon to the west, it is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Inverness.

Muirtown

Type: Suburb
Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.48343° or 57° 29′ 0″ north

Longitude

-4.25072° or 4° 15′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C9QFPMX+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5323937205

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

Wikidata ID

Q6933272

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Irish—“Muirtown” goes by many names.

Basque: “Muirtown”
Irish: “Baile an Fhraoich, Inbhir Nis”
Irish: “Baile an Fhraoich”

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