Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
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.Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: national nature reserve near Aviemore, Scotland
- Also known as: “Craigellachie NNR” and “Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Creag Eileachaidh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aviemore railway station and Loch Alvie.
Aviemore railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Loch Alvie
Lake
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Cairngorm Brewery
Brewery
Photo: jeff collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairngorm Brewery is a brewery based in Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the Dalfaber industrial estate at the north end of the village and is within the Cairngorms National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aviemore and Inverdruie.
Aviemore
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Inverdruie
Hamlet
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
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.
Alvie
Hamlet
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alvie is a small crofting hamlet on the south shore of Loch Alvie in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Inverness-shire, within the Scottish council area of Highland.
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve
- Categories: national nature reserve and recreation area
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.1893° or 57° 11′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.8523° or 3° 51′ 8″ westOperator
NatureScotOpen location code
9C9R54QX+P3OpenStreetMap ID
way 670699581OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q29587174
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