Dalwhinnie
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Dalwhinnie (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; Template:Langx "meeting place") is a small village in the Scottish Highlands.[1] Dalwhinnie is located at the head of Glen Truim and the north-east end of Loch Ericht, on the western edge of the Cairngorms National Park.
Location
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It is north of Drumochter, just off the A9 road from Perth to Inverness and has been bypassed since 1975. It is about Script error: No such module "convert". from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, Script error: No such module "convert". from Aviemore, Script error: No such module "convert". from Newtonmore and Script error: No such module "convert". from Kingussie. Dalwhinnie railway station lies on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness.
Tourism
The area is walking destination along the River Truim and in Cairngorm and Monadhliath Mountains in the Cairngorm National Park.[2]
Dalwhinnie is on the Sustrans National Cycle Route 7, Glasgow to Inverness. There are several cycle routes in the area including one alongside Loch Ericht.
Loch Ericht Hotel stands on the banks of the River Truim.[3]
Distillery
Diageo owns the local distillery, the highest-elevation working distillery in Scotland. Dalwhinnie Single Malt is a light, heathery whisky.[4]
Climate
Dalwhinnie experiences a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) that very closely borders a humid continental climate (Dfb) with strong influences of an oceanic climate (Cfb), a climate very rare for a UK town.
Skies are frequently overcast with cool temperatures and rainfall throughout the year. Sunshine here averages only 1,032 hours, which is one of the lowest in the United Kingdom.
Dalwhinnie holds the UK low temperature records for the months of June, September and October.[5] In addition, it also holds Scotland's record for the lowest April daytime maximum temperature of Script error: No such module "convert". in 1975, and the record lowest October temperature for the United Kingdom of Script error: No such module "convert"..[6]
For the 1951–1980 observation period, it averaged a temperature of Script error: No such module "convert". compared to Braemar's Script error: No such module "convert".,[7] making Dalwhinnie one of the coldest inhabited places in the British Isles.
According to the 1981–2010 observation period, Dalwhinnie is the coldest place in the UK below 500 metres above sea level, with a mean temperature of Script error: No such module "convert".,[8] lower than Leadhills and Braemar which both have mean temperatures of Script error: No such module "convert". for this period.
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See also
- Centre points of the United Kingdom
- Battle of Invernahavon - the remnants of a party of Clan Cameron raiders escaped via Dalwhinnie after their defeat by the Chattan Confederation south west of Newtonmore in this 14th century battle.
References
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