The Former Oil Store

The Former Oil Store is a historic building in Highland Council, Scotland. The Former Oil Store is situated near Glenfinnan Station Museum, as well as near Glenfinnan railway station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Glenfinnan Station Museum and Glenfinnan railway station.

Glenfinnan Station Museum

Museum

Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glenfinnan railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Glenfinnan railway station is a railway station serving the village of Glenfinnan in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on the West Highland Line, between Lochailort and Locheilside, located 14 miles 58 chains from the former Banavie Junction. Glenfinnan Viaduct is about 0.7 miles to the east of the station.

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Photo: Mirams, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line at Glenfinnan, in the Lochaber district of north-western Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Glenfinnan Viaduct is situated 3,900 feet east of The Former Oil Store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenfinnan and Kinlocheil.

Glenfinnan

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glenfinnan is a village in the Western Highlands of Scotland, between Fort William and Mallaig. Standing at the head of Loch Shiel, it's famous as the place where "Bonnie Prince Charlie" launched his 1745 Jacobite rebellion.

Kinlocheil

Hamlet

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kinlochiel is a hamlet on the north west shore of Loch Eil in Lochaber, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is a small, rural area that consists of a few scattered houses on the A830 to Mallaig, after Fassfern and before Glenfinnan. Kinlocheil is situated 5 miles east of The Former Oil Store.

The Former Oil Store

Type: Historic building
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.87242° or 56° 52′ 21″ north

Longitude

-5.44999° or 5° 27′ west

Open location code

9C8PVHC2+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1463762183

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

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