Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre

Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre is a museum in Highland Council, Scotland which is located on Urquhart Castle Drive. Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre is situated nearby to the historic site Urquhart Castle Trebuchet, as well as near the protected area Urquhart Castle Grounds.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Near Inverness, Scotland, UK
Address: Urquhart Castle Drive

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.

Loch Ness

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Loch Ness is a lake or loch which runs for 23 miles along the fault line of the Great Glen in the Scottish Highlands. It's a mile wide, very deep, and dark with peat.

Urquhart Castle

Castle

Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Urquhart Castle is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres southwest of Inverness and two kilometres east of Drumnadrochit. Urquhart Castle is situated 510 feet east of Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre.

Benleva Hotel, Drumnadrochit

Hotel

Photo: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Benleva Hotel, Drumnadrochit is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strone and Lewiston.

Strone

Hamlet

Strone is a small hamlet in the administrative county of the Scottish Highlands and in the historic county of Inverness-shire. It is adjacent to the well-known Urquhart Castle, which is itself located on Strone Point, a headland extending into Loch Ness.

Lewiston

Village

Photo: Richard Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lewiston is a small linear village, situated less than 1 mile southeast of Drumnadrochit, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Drumnadrochit

Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.

Drumnadrochit is a village in the Great Glen, the fault line that traverses the Scottish Highlands. With a population of 1130 in 2020, it stands on the west shore of Loch Ness at the outlet of the River Enrick.

Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre

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

57.32399° or 57° 19′ 26″ north

Longitude

-4.44466° or 4° 26′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C9Q8HF4+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 97562677

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q113363967

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In Other Languages

“Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre” goes by many names.

Galician: “Centro de visitantes do castelo de Urquhart”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Urquhart Castle Trebuchet and Urquhart Castle Grounds.

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