Towns & cities · Scottish Highlands
Kinlochleven
Also known as: Ceann Loch Lìobhann
Kinlochleven — village in Highland, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Kinlochleven is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 810 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Highland, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 56.7132°, -4.9653°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Kinlochleven () (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Lìobhann) is a village located at the end of end of Loch Leven, Lochaber, Scottish Highlands. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe. Kinlochleven as it is now known, was formed from two previously separate small communities divided by the River Leven following construction of an aluminium smelter; Kinlochmore to the north in Inverness-shire and Kinlochbeg to the south in Argyll. The processing plant was powered by a hydroelectric scheme situated in the mountains above, and made Kinlochleven the first village in the world to have every house connected to electricity, coining the phrase "The Electric Village". In 1991, the village (according to annual census returns) had just over 1000 inhabitants in some 420 households. Today, Kinlochleven is a notable tourist destination for hiking, mountaineering and stopping-point on the West Highland Way.
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Background
Visiting
Kinlochleven is the penultimate stop on the West Highland Way and an important tourism destination in the Scottish Highlands. The village lies at the head of the fjord-like Loch Leven and is surrounded on three sides by steep mountains. There are 10 Munro mountains (mountains over 3000 ft) in the Mamores above Kinlochleven with Binnein Mòr the highest. Indeed, the area around and above Kinlochleven contains more wild mountain land than all of the mountain national parks in England and Wales combined. There is a significant network of mountain biking and hiking trails, and the Ice Factor National Ice Climbing Centre, one of the top five visitor attractions in the highlands. The West Highland…
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- Coordinates
- 56.7132, -4.9653
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- PH50 4RP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- Population
- 810
Sources
- wikidata: Q1013614 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kinlochleven (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Kinlochleven.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kinlochleven?
- Kinlochleven is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PH50 4RP).
- Is Kinlochleven free to visit?
- Yes, Kinlochleven is free to enter.
- How do I get to Kinlochleven?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PH50 4RP. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.