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
Photo: Colin Hepburn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 , . 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 rural settlement, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in in Ross-shire, and is in the council area of Highland.

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.

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet, close to , Ross-shire in the and is in the council area of Highland. The small hamlet of Bottacks is located 1 mile to the west, and just to the east is Brae or Brea, formed in 1777 from the lands of Davochcarn, Davochmaluag and Davochpollo.

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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