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Strathpeffer

Strathpeffer is a village in 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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Leod and Highland Museum of Childhood.

Castle
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is the seat of the Clan Mackenzie. It is a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.

Museum
Strathpeffer railway station was a railway station serving the town of Strathpeffer in the county of , Scotland. The first station was located some distance from the town, on the Dingwall and Skye Railway line, and was opened in 1870.

Peak
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is a village, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in in Ross-shire, and is in the council area of Highland. or Knock Farrel, or indeed Knock Farril is a vitrified pictish Iron Age fort which lies on the hill, immediately to the north of the village, and which it gave its name to the village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achterneed and Contin.

Hamlet
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, also spelled Auchterneed, is a village in , , lies within the environs of , seat of the Earl of Cromartie, two miles northeast of Strathpeffer.

Village
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is a Ross-shire village, and a civil parish and community council area between Strathpeffer and in the Highland council area of Scotland. The parish has a population of 675.

Strathpeffer

Latitude
57.588° or 57° 35′ 17″ north
Longitude
-4.5382° or 4° 32′ 18″ west
Population
1,050
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB FFR
Open location code
9C9QHFQ6+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432684427
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2636689
Wiki­data ID
Q1011526
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Strathpeffer” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Strathpeffer”
  • Bulgarian: “Стратхпефер”
  • Catalan: “Strathpeffer”
  • Cebuano: “Strathpeffer”
  • Chinese: “斯特拉斯佩弗”
  • Dutch: “Strathpeffer”
  • French: “Strathpeffer”
  • German: “Strathpeffer”
  • Irish: “Srath Pheofhair”
  • Italian: “Strathpeffer”
  • Japanese: “ストラスペファー”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Strathpeffer”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strathpeffer”
  • Norwegian: “Strathpeffer”
  • Scots: “Strathpeffer”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Srath Pheofhair”
  • Spanish: “Strathpeffer”
  • Swedish: “Strathpeffer”
  • Welsh: “Strathpeffer”

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