Kinross is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.2000°, -3.4200°.

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Kinross

Also known as: Ceann Rois (baile), Ceann Rois

Kinross in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

The old town cross, Kinross - geograph.org.uk - 3329758 — Rob Burke — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Kinross is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Kinross (, Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Rois) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, around 13 miles (21 kilometres) south of Perth and around 20 miles (32 kilometres) northwest of Edinburgh. It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Kinross-shire.

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Background

History

]] Kinross's origins are connected with the nearby Loch Leven and its islands whose history goes back to the 5th century AD. Kinross developed as a staging post on the Great North Road from North Queensferry to Perth. In time, local industry developed and by the early 18th century the town had grown to a population of around 600 people. By the mid-19th century, a thriving wool weaving industry had emerged. Kinross Town Hall was completed in 1841.

Visiting

The burgh (red on the map) is located on the shores of Loch Leven (blue on the map). There are boat trips around the loch and to Lochleven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was held prisoner in 1567. Up to 2014 the annual T in the Park music festival, which was officially replaced by TRNSMT festival in Glasgow Green, was held nearby, at the former RAF Balado Bridge airfield. This was also the location of a now decommissioned NATO ICBM early warning radar, and until the late 1950s was a training base for the Royal Air Force.

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