Kinlochleven (/ˌkɪnlɒxˈliːvən/) (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Lìobhann) is a village located in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe.
The village was formed from two previously separate small communities – Kinlochmore to the north of the River Leven in Inverness-shire and Kinlochbeg to the south of the Leven in Argyll – following the construction of an aluminium smelter and associated housing for its employees. The processing plant was powered by a hydroelectric scheme situated in the mountains above,[2] and made Kinlochleven the first village in the world to have every house connected to electricity, coining the phrase "The Electric Village".[3] In 1991, the village (according to annual census returns) had just over 1000 inhabitants in some 420 households. Today it is a notable tourist destination and centre for mountain pursuits.
^"Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^"History". kinlochleven.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011.
^"About Ben Nevis in Fort William Scotland". visit-fortwilliam.co.uk.
Kinlochleven (/ˌkɪnlɒxˈliːvən/) (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Lìobhann) is a village located in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern...
Devil's Staircase before a great descent to sea level at Kinlochleven. Kingshouse to Kinlochleven – 14 km (9 miles) The final stage skirts the Mamore Mountains...
Reservoir is a reservoir created behind a dam in the mountains above Kinlochleven, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. The dam is 914 metres (2,999 ft) long...
It continued to follow the route via Kinlochleven until the opening of the Ballachulish Bridge. The Kinlochleven road is now the B863, but still remains...
strike while managing the National Coal Board. MacGregor was born in Kinlochleven, Scotland. His parents were Daniel MacGregor, an accountant at the British...
is used primarily by walkers and mountain bikers travelling between Kinlochleven and Glencoe. The Devil's Staircase was given its name by the soldiers...
the 'new' road between Glencoe Village and Kinlochleven in 1908 as Ballachulish (Glencoe) for Kinlochleven. Apart for a short closure in 1953, this latter...
expanses are simply called reservoirs, e.g. Blackwater Reservoir above Kinlochleven. Scotland has very few bodies of water called lakes. The Lake of Menteith...
extensive). The Ardnamurchan, Ardgour, Ballachulish, Duror, Glencoe, Kinlochleven and Morvern areas of Argyll were detached to become parts of Lochaber...
needed under winter conditions. The Pap may also be climbed from the Kinlochleven side, though this is far less common. List of mountains in Scotland Maiden...
Ardnamurchan District and the electoral divisions of Ballachulish and Kinlochleven) Ayrshire Buteshire Dunbartonshire Glasgow Lanarkshire Renfrewshire Stirlingshire...
Mozambique. In the 1900s, their firm was commissioned to design the Kinlochleven hydroelectric scheme in the Scottish Highlands. William Halcrow joined...
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3 miles (4.8 km) south of Fort William on the old military road to Kinlochleven. In past centuries, Blarmachfoldach was mainly a Clan Cameron settlement...
created by merging the Ardnamurchan district and the Ballachulish and Kinlochleven electoral divisions of the former county of Argyll with the burgh of...
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: Ballachulish and Kinlochleven were originally coded PA39 and PA40 respectively, before being transferred...
Hamilton to take 400 men and block the northern exits from Glencoe at Kinlochleven. Meanwhile, another 400 men under Major Duncanson would join Glenlyon's...
Scottish Highlands after the First World War. Like its predecessors at Kinlochleven and Foyers, it was designed to provide electricity for aluminium production...
smelter at Fort William in Lochaber, along with the hydro-power plants at Kinlochleven and Fort William. In August 2017, Gupta acquired Arriums Whyalla Steelworks...
hence Kilmarnock, Kilbride etc. kin- from Gaelic ceann, a head; hence Kinlochleven, Kinloss etc. List of English words of Scots origin List of English words...
that Scotland had to a via ferrata until the recent creation of that at Kinlochleven. The Elie Chain Walk comprises eight chains along a route which follows...
Appin, and Ardchattan electoral divisions only, rest (Ballachulish and Kinlochleven electoral divisions) went to Lochaber district of Highland Oban Burgh...
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