River Spey
River Spey is in Highland Council, Scotland. River Spey is situated nearby to St Aidan’s Roman Catholic Church, as well as near the fishing area Rothiemurchus Fishery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aviemore railway station and Craigellachie National Nature Reserve.
Aviemore railway station
Railway station
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Aviemore railway station serves the town and tourist resort of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. The station, which is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail, is on the Highland Main Line, 83 miles 31 chains from Perth, between Kingussie and Carrbridge, and is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey preserved railway. Aviemore railway station is situated 2,200 feet north of River Spey.
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
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Craigellachie is a hill lying to the west of the village of Aviemore in Strathspey, in the central Highlands of Scotland. Craigellachie was declared a national nature reserve in 1961, and is managed by NatureScot through a lease from Reidhaven Estate.
Loch Alvie
Lake
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Loch Alvie is a loch located north of the River Spey, in the civil parish of Alvie, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The loch is about two miles southwest of Aviemore. HMS Loch Alvie, launched in 1944, is named after the loch. Loch Alvie is situated 2 miles southwest of River Spey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverdruie and Aviemore.
Inverdruie
Hamlet
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Inverdruie is a small rural hamlet, that lies 2 miles southeast of Aviemore, in the strath of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Aviemore
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Aviemore is a town in the Spey Valley of Highland Scotland. It's the main base for skiing and other outdoor activities in Cairngorms National Park. It's the largest of a straggle of villages including Rothiemurcus and Coylumbridge, also described here, and in 2020 had a population of 3230.
Coylumbridge
Hamlet
Coylumbridge is a small rural newly built hamlet, that lies six miles northeast of Dalnavert, Highland, and three miles southeast of Aviemore, in the valley of the River Spey, in the west Cairngorms National Park, in Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
River Spey
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.18223° or 57° 10′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.82974° or 3° 49′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C9R55JC+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 111550728OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
“River Spey” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر اسبي”
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Notable Places Nearby
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