Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic,
Srath Spè) is the area around the
strathFor Strathcona, see Strathcona.A strath is a large valley, typically a river valley that is wide and shallow ....
of the
River SpeyThe River Spey is a river in the northeast of Scotland, the second longest and the fastest flowing river in Scotland...
,
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, in both the
MorayMoray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland....
council areaCouncil Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government."Council Area" replaces "Regional Authority" as a description....
and the
Badenoch and StrathspeyBadenoch and Strathspey is a local government ward of the Highland council area and a ward management area of the Highland Council in Scotland...
committee area of
HighlandThe Highland Council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute...
.
It is also one of the main centres of the Scotch
whiskyWhisky or whiskey is a type of alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and maize...
industry, with a high concentration of single malt distilleries in the region, including the
GlenfiddichThe Glenfiddich Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery owned by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich is pronounced with a hard ch as in the Scottish loch and means ‘Valley of the deer’ in Gaelic, hence the presence of a deer symbol on Glenfiddich...
distillery and the
BalvenieThe Balvenie Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland owned by William Grant & Sons.-William Grant:...
distillery. The Anglicised form is 'Speyside'.
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Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic,
Srath Spè) is the area around the
strathFor Strathcona, see Strathcona.A strath is a large valley, typically a river valley that is wide and shallow ....
of the
River SpeyThe River Spey is a river in the northeast of Scotland, the second longest and the fastest flowing river in Scotland...
,
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, in both the
MorayMoray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland....
council areaCouncil Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government."Council Area" replaces "Regional Authority" as a description....
and the
Badenoch and StrathspeyBadenoch and Strathspey is a local government ward of the Highland council area and a ward management area of the Highland Council in Scotland...
committee area of
HighlandThe Highland Council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute...
.
It is also one of the main centres of the Scotch
whiskyWhisky or whiskey is a type of alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and maize...
industry, with a high concentration of single malt distilleries in the region, including the
GlenfiddichThe Glenfiddich Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery owned by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich is pronounced with a hard ch as in the Scottish loch and means ‘Valley of the deer’ in Gaelic, hence the presence of a deer symbol on Glenfiddich...
distillery and the
BalvenieThe Balvenie Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland owned by William Grant & Sons.-William Grant:...
distillery. The Anglicised form is 'Speyside'. The capital is
Grantown-on-SpeyGrantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness .It is the main town in what was the...
.
Recently there has been some controversy over attempts to Anglicise the name into "Spey Valley".
The tourist area from the south starts at
DalwhinnieDalwhinnie "Meeting Place" is a small village in the Scottish Highlands.-Location:Dalwhinnie sits at an altitude of 351 m...
and continues North along the A9 towards
NewtonmoreNewtonmore is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of about 1000...
,
KingussieKingussie Kingussie Kingussie (( ; Gaelic: Ceann a' Ghiuthsaich) is a small town in the Highland region of Scotland. It is one settlement in the Highland Council ward of Badenoch and Strathspey, and is the capital of the district of Badenoch. It lies adjacent to the A9 road, although the old route...
,
AviemoreAviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area...
and on towards Grantown-on-Spey.
See also
- Speyside Single Malts
Speyside Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies, distilled in Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland....
- Strathspey (dance)
A strathspey is a type of dance tune in 4/4 time. It is similar to a hornpipe but slower and more stately, and contains many dot-cut 'snaps'. A so-called Scotch snap is a short note before a dotted note, which in traditional playing is generally exaggerated rhythmically for musical expression...
- Strathspey Railway
The Strathspey Railway in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland, operates a preserved railway from Aviemore to Broomhill via Boat of Garten, part of the former Inverness and Perth Junction Railway which linked Aviemore with Forres...
- Speyside tourism