Balyard Wood

Balyard Wood is a forest in Highland Council, Scotland. Balyard Wood is situated nearby to the locality Newmore, as well as near the hamlet Bishop Kinkell.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Conon Bridge and Muir of Ord railway station.

Conon Bridge

Railway station

Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Conon Bridge railway station serves the villages of Conon Bridge and Maryburgh in the Scottish Highlands. Initially known as Conon, it originally closed in 1960 and reopened on 8 February 2013.

Muir of Ord railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland.

Dunglass Island is an uninhabited island in the River Conon south-west of the village of Conon Bridge in the Highlands of Scotland. At approximately 40 hectares in extent, it is one of Scotland's largest freshwater islands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dingwall and Muir of Ord.

Dingwall

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dingwall is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, 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.

Muir of Ord

Town

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Muir of Ord is a village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated near the western end of the Black Isle, about 9 miles west of the city of Inverness and 5+1⁄2 miles south of Dingwall.

Conon Bridge

Village

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Conon Bridge is a village in the Highland region of Scotland. The current Gaelic name is likely a neologism: the bridge was not built until the early 19th century and some early gravestones show the name sgudal or scuddle.

Balyard Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.5406° or 57° 32′ 26″ north

Longitude

-4.4453° or 4° 26′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C9QGHR3+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 289549555

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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