Achany
Achany is a bus stop in Highland Council, Scotland. Achany is situated nearby to the hamlet Gruids, as well as near the lake Lochan nam Peathraichean.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lairg railway station and Falls of Shin.
Lairg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ralph Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lairg railway station is a railway station just south of the village of Lairg in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 66 miles 78 chains from Inverness, between Invershin and Rogart. Lairg railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Achany.
Falls of Shin
Waterfall
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falls of Shin is a waterfall on the River Shin, in northern Scotland, near the villages of Bonar Bridge and Lairg. Falls of Shin had a popular visitor centre, managed as part of Balnagown Estates, a company owned by former Harrods boss Mohamed Al-Fayed. Falls of Shin is situated 1½ miles south of Achany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gruids and Inveran.
Inveran
Hamlet
Inveran is a small village in the Parish of Creich located in the Sutherland region of the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated on the A837 at the head of the Dornoch Firth and the site of the Shin Hydro-electric Power Station. Inveran is situated 2½ miles south of Achany.
Lairg
Village
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lairg is a village and parish in Sutherland, Scotland. It has a population of 891 and is at the south-eastern end of Loch Shin. Lairg is unusual in the northern Highlands in being a large settlement that is not on the coast. Lairg is situated 3 miles north of Achany.
Achany
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.98266° or 57° 58′ 58″ northLongitude
-4.41821° or 4° 25′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C9QXHMJ+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 562716512OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stop
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