Dalwhinnie (Scotland)

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Dalwhinnie
Scottish Gaelic Dail Chuinnidh
The former A9 in Dalwhinnie
The former A9 in Dalwhinnie
Coordinates 56 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  W
Dalwhinnie (Scotland)
Dalwhinnie
Dalwhinnie
administration
Post town DALWHINNIE
ZIP code section PH19
prefix 015282
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Highland
British Parliament Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish Parliament Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Dalwhinnie ( Gaelic : Dail Chuinnidh ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Highland . It is about 60 km southwest of Inverness and 70 km northwest of Perth .

Climatically, Dalwhinnie is one of the coldest inhabited places in Scotland. The mean annual temperature is only 6.3 ° C.

The Dalwhinnie whiskey distillery has been located there since 1897 . This is the highest active whiskey distillery in Scotland. The current owner is the international Diageo group .

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Dalwhinnie is located on the major highway A9 , the Edinburgh to Thurso connects. Dalwhinnie has also had its own station on the Highland Main Line since 1863 , which is operated and served by First ScotRail . Historically, this station was important for the residents of the area, as it was needed to transport the sheep to the cattle markets.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ^ Entry on the Dalwhinnie distillery at maltmadness.com

Web links

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