Gairloch (/ˈɡɛərlɒx/GAIR-lokh; Scottish Gaelic: Geàrrloch[ˈkʲaːrˠl̪ˠɔx], meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a museum, several hotels, a variety of shops, takeaway restaurants, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local radio station (Two Lochs Radio), beaches and nearby mountains. Gairloch is one of the principal villages on the North Coast 500 route.
The parish of Gairloch extends over a much wider area, including the villages of Poolewe, Kinlochewe and Aultbea, and has a population of 950.[2] The nearest railway station is located at Achnasheen, and the nearest mainland airport is in Inverness.
^"Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population : Gairloch Civil Parish Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-11-18
Gairloch (/ˈɡɛərlɒx/ GAIR-lokh; Scottish Gaelic: Geàrrloch [ˈkʲaːrˠl̪ˠɔx], meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores...
The Mackenzies of Gairloch were a minor noble Scottish family and one of the senior cadet branches of the Clan Mackenzie, a Scottish clan of the Scottish...
Gairloch Bridge is a heritage-listed road bridge over the Herbert River at Old Bruce Highway, Ingham, Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. It...
northern and southern shores respectively, connecting the villages of Gairloch, Charlestown, Kerrysdale, Shieldaig, Badachro, and Port Henderson. Longa...
the northwest Highlands of Scotland. Badachro sits about 3 km south of Gairloch on the shore of Gair Loch, and is a natural harbour popular with yachts...
Gairloch Museum (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-tasgaidh Gheàrrloch) is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the...
Highlands, linking Cromarty, on the east coast, to Gairloch on the west coast, and beyond Gairloch to Braemore Junction. It is 126 miles (203 km) long...
Inverness and runs via Muir of Ord, Applecross (including the Bealach na Bà), Gairloch, Ullapool, Scourie, Durness, Castle of Mey, Thurso, John o' Groats, Wick...
Gairloch High School (Gaelic: Àrd-Sgoil Gheàrrloch) is a six-year secondary school in Gairloch, Scotland. Being situated in a remote area of the Highlands...
Farquhar Macrae (1580-1662) was a Scottish minister in the parishes of Gairloch and Kintail, Ross and Cromarty (now part of the Highland Council). He is...
on a course of instruction. Dixon wrote of MacKinnon in his 1886 book " Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural...
The Gairloch Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone which was discovered at Achtercairn in Wester Ross around 1880. Subsequently, the stone was used as masonry...
approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) south-east of the village of Badachro, near Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands. The lochans have become known as the...
Dark-haired and clothed in leaves and moss, he lived in a birch wood within the Gairloch and Loch a Druing area of the north-west Highlands of Scotland. Ghillie...
by 1 km (5⁄8 mi) wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. At its closest point to the mainland, it is about 1 km (5⁄8 mi)...
Aultgrishan (Gaelic: ) is a small crofting community near Gairloch, Ross-shire. It adjoins Melvaig, within Highland region and is in the Scottish council...
miles (thirteen kilometres) southwest of Gairloch. From 1883 until 1911 there was a coach service from Gairloch connecting with a ferry service operated...
including the MacCrimmonds, MacArthurs, MacGregors, and the Mackays of Gairloch. The earliest Irish mention of the bagpipe is in 1206, approximately thirty...
community fete in the second weekend of August. It is in the catchment area of Gairloch High School. 12 miles (19 kilometres) to the north lies another Shieldaig...
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