Bunchrew

Bunchrew
Scottish Gaelic: Bun Chraoibh
Bunchrew
 Bunchrew shown within the Inverness area
OS grid referenceNH617455
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district IV3 8
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Ambulance Scottish
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Coordinates: 57°28′44″N 4°18′25″W / 57.479°N 4.307°W / 57.479; -4.307

Bunchrew railway station, 1961

Bunchrew (Scottish Gaelic: Bun Chraoibh) is a small village close to the south shore of Beauly Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 5 km west of the city of Inverness, on the A862 road.

The name is from Bun Chraoibh, Gaelic for "foot of the tree".[1]

It has a caravan and camping site[2] and Bunchrew House — a historic mansion that is now a hotel — is on the shore of the firth nearby.[3]

Bunchrew had a station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which opened in 1862. This station closed to passengers in 1960, and to goods in 1964.


References

  1. Iain Mac an Tàilleir (2003). "Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  2. Bunchrew Caravan Park.
  3. Bunchrew House Hotel


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