Egg

Egg is a geographical marker in Highland Council, Scotland. Egg is situated nearby to the ruins The Green Bothy (ruin), as well as near the peak Creag an Loin.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include A‘ Chailleach and Highland Folk Museum.

A‘ Chailleach

Peak

Photo: Graham Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

A' Chailleach is one of the Monadhliath Mountains of Scotland. It lies seven kilometres northwest of Newtonmore and the Spey Valley. It is a Munro with a summit elevation of 929 metres. A‘ Chailleach is situated 2 miles northwest of Egg.

Highland Folk Museum

Park

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Highland Folk Museum is an open-air museum and visitor attraction in Newtonmore, in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. Highland Folk Museum is situated 2 miles southeast of Egg.

Newtonmore railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newtonmore railway station serves the village of Newtonmore, Highland, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line. The station is 68 miles 62 chains from Perth, between Dalwhinnie and Kingussie, and has a single platform which is long enough for a ten-coach train. Newtonmore railway station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Egg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtonmore and Kingussie.

Newtonmore

Village

Newtonmore is a village of approximately 1100 inhabitants in Badenoch, within the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland. Newtonmore is situated 2 miles southeast of Egg.

Kingussie

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kingussie is a town in Speyside in the central Scottish Highlands, with a population of 1470 in 2020. The Spey valley here broadens into a "strath" as it emerges from the hills, and turns north.