Glenfinnan Station Museum

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

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Opening hours: May—October 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum at Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland, United Kingdom

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glenfinnan railway station and Glenfinnan Viaduct.

Glenfinnan railway station

Railway station

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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

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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 Glenfinnan Station Museum.

Glenfinnan Monument

Photo: Paul Stümke, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Glenfinnan Monument is a Category A listed monument in Glenfinnan, Lochaber, erected in 1814 and dedicated to the Scottish Highlanders who fought in the Jacobite Army during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Glenfinnan Monument is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Glenfinnan Station Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenfinnan and Kinlocheil.

Glenfinnan

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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

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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 Glenfinnan Station Museum.

Glenfinnan Station Museum

Categories: independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.87243° or 56° 52′ 21″ north

Longitude

-5.44959° or 5° 26′ 59″ west

Levels

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

9C8PVHC2+X5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 95158958

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q113015770

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Highlights include The Former Oil Store and North British Railway Crane.

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