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Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty is a region of the , to the north and west of Inverness. It has a string of villages along the east coast, more separated villages along the lochs and inlets of the west coast, and lonely moors and mountains in between.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Ullapool and Dingwall.

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is a village on the shores of Loch Broom in Ross and Cromarty in the . With a population of 1500 in 2020, it's a ferry port and most visitors are just passing through on the way to and from Stornoway on Lewis.

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is a town in Easter Ross in the , with a population in 2020 of 5360. Its name derives from the Scandinavian Þingvöllr, a meeting-place, and it was once astride several transport routes.

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is a town in Easter Ross in the , 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.

Destinations to Discover

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is a village in Wester Ross in the , with a population of 590 in 2020. It is just across the water from on the Isle of Skye and was the traditional route to Skye by ferry.

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is a village in Easter Ross in the , with a population of 1040 in 2020. It has sulphurous springs and grew up in the 19th century as a spa resort, served by a branch railway line.

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The are an archipelago off the coast of Ross and Cromarty in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. The largest island, Tanera Mòr, is occasionally inhabited.

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is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the , with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.

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is an area on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the . The settlement straggles along the shores of Loch and takes in village, Inveralligin and Diabaig to the north of the loch, Annat to the south-east, Shieldaig to the west, and Kinlochewe to the east.

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is a village in Wester Ross in the . It's on A87 the main road to Skye, and is a compulsory photo stop for Eilean Donan Castle perched on an islet.

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is a peninsula in Ross and Cromarty in the western Highlands of Scotland, bounded to the south by Loch Nevis and to the north by Loch Hourn. It's remote, rugged and sparsely populated, and best known for having the only villages in mainland Britain with no road connection to the rest of the network - nor even with each other.

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is a village on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 468 in 2020. In Scots slang a "plook" is a pimple, and The Plock is a small headland sheltering the harbour from the westerly weather.

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is a small village on the coast of Wester Ross in the , which historically was one of the main crossings to and from Skye. The cattle swam across on their way to market, while the humans took a ferry.

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are two small towns a mile apart on the Black Isle in Easter Ross in the . In 2020 Fortrose had a population of 1680 and Rosemarkie had 640.

is a community straggling along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty, north of Ullapool in the . As well as the village, the name applies to all the coast between Achduart and Reiff, taking in the hamlets of Polglass, Polbain and Altandhu.
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Ross and Cromarty

Latitude of center
57.6667° or 57° 40′ north
Longitude of center
-5° or 5° west
Elevation
1,493 feet (455 metres)
Geo­Names ID
2639129
Wiki­data ID
Q1586842
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Ross and Cromarty” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “روس وكرومارتي”
  • Armenian: “Ռոս և Քրոմարթի”
  • Basque: “Ross eta Cromarty”
  • Belarusian: “Рос і Кромарці”
  • Catalan: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • Catalan: “Ross i Cromarty”
  • Chinese: “罗斯和克罗马蒂郡”
  • Chinese: “羅斯-克羅馬蒂”
  • Dutch: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • French: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • French: “Ross-et-Cromarty”
  • German: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • Irish: “Ros agus Cromba”
  • Irish: “Ros is Cromba”
  • Italian: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • Japanese: “ロス・アンド・クロマーティ”
  • Japanese: “ロス・クロマーティ”
  • Korean: “로스크로마티”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ros agus Cromba”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ross og Cromarty”
  • Polish: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • Romanian: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • Russian: “Росс и Кромарти”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ros is Cromba”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ross i Cromarty”
  • Slovenian: “Ross and Cromarty”
  • Venetian: “Ross e Cromarty”

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Ross and Cromarty”. Photo: Ritchyblack, CC BY-SA 3.0.