Why visit Balloch
Townapedia lists 32 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 8 places to eat, 2 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Culloden Viaduct, Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre and Mixed Clans.
Weather in Balloch
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About Balloch
Balloch (; Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Locha, IPA:[ˈpaləˈanˈɫ̪ɔxə]) is a residential village four miles (6.4 km) east of the city of Inverness, Scotland.
From the Wikipedia article Balloch, Highland (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks32
20 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes8
The Battlefield Bar & Restaurant
Bar and pub · 1.4 mi
Culloden Road, Inverness
Mo-Su, PH 12:00-21:00
Where to stay2
Churches and places of worship7
Shopping2
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries6
Healthcare1
Map of Balloch
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Getting there and nearby towns
Inverness Airport (INV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 4 miles away.
- Inverness 4 mi west, about 7 min by car
- North Kessock 5 mi west, about 8 min by car
- Ardersier 6 mi northeast, about 10 min by car
- Fortrose 6 mi north, about 10 min by car
- Nairn 11 mi northeast, about 17 min by car
- Beauly 13 mi west, about 21 min by car
- Evanton 14 mi northwest, about 23 min by car
- Strathpeffer 17 mi west, about 27 min by car
- Drumnadrochit 17 mi southwest, about 28 min by car
- Elgin 32 mi east, about 51 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Culloden-Balloch Baptist Church, Craig Wallace, CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Battle of Culloden, David Morier, Public domain
- Battle of Culloden battlefield 2009-3, Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0
- Culloden Viaduct Inverness Scotland (3436078976), Dave Conner from Inverness, Scotland, CC BY 2.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, melcomsx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, rudolfmayer, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, chipchick, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, rudolfmayer, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
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