Ballindalloch
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Ballindalloch Scottish Gaelic Baile na Dàlach |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 25 ′ N , 3 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | BALLINDALLOCH | ||
| ZIP code section | AB37 | ||
| prefix | 01807 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Moray | ||
| British Parliament | Moray | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Moray | ||
Ballindalloch ( Gaelic : Baile na Dàlach ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Moray . It is scattered west of the Avon River about 11 km southwest of Aberlour and 18 km northeast of Grantown-on-Spey . The Spey River runs about 1.5 km northwest.
Ballindalloch Castle is located in Ballindalloch . The castle dates back to 1546 and stands near the confluence of the Spey and Avon rivers. The village once had its own station on the Strathspey Railway . The Speyside Way hiking trail also leads through Ballindalloch.
Ballindalloch is located in the middle of the important Speyside whiskey region and is the location of the five active distilleries Cragganmore , Glenfarclas , Glenlivet Tamnavulin and Tomintoul . Furthermore, with Auchorachan and Glenavon, there were two other distilleries that had since been abandoned in the municipality.
Ballindalloch Castle
Church in Ballindalloch
Former Ballindalloch train station
Bridge of Avon near Ballindalloch
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Web presence of the Speyside Way
- ^ Entry on the Cragganmore distillery at maltmadness.com
- ↑ Entry on the Glenfarclas distillery at maltmadness.com
- ↑ Entry on the Glenlivet distillery at maltmadness.com
- ↑ Entry on the Tamnavulin distillery at maltmadness.com
- ↑ Entry on the Tomintoul distillery at maltmadness.com
- ↑ Entry on the Auchorachan distillery on lostdistillery.com
- ↑ BBC News report
