Ballinluig

Ballinluig
Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Luig
Ballinluig
 Ballinluig shown within Perth and Kinross
OS grid referenceNN977526
Council areaPerth and Kinross
Lieutenancy areaPerth and Kinross
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PITLOCHRY
Postcode district PH16 5
Dialling code 01796
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentPerth and North Perthshire
Scottish ParliamentPerthshire North
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 56°39′14″N 3°40′13″W / 56.653975°N 3.670209°W / 56.653975; -3.670209

Ballinluig (Gaelic: Baile an Luig) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, with a population of approximately 240 . It lies on the banks of the River Tummel and is approximately 4 miles south-east of Pitlochry.[1] It developed with the building of the Highland Railway, and sat where a branch line went off to Aberfeldy, both the branch line and Ballinluig station were closed in 1965.

Ballinluig, across the River Tummel
Until 1965 there was a station on the Highland Railway

References

  1. "Pitlochry and Crieff", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2008, ISBN 0-319-22985-8
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