Blair Atholl

Not to be confused with Blair Athol (disambiguation).

Blair Atholl
Blair Atholl Post Office
Blair Atholl is located in Perth and Kinross
Blair Atholl
Blair Atholl
Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid referenceNN876654
• Edinburgh61.5 mi (99 km)
• London393 mi (632 km)
Community council
  • Blair Atholl and Struan [1]
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPITLOCHRY
Postcode districtPH18
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°46′N 3°50′W / 56.77°N 3.84°W / 56.77; -3.84

Blair Atholl (from the Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Athall, originally Blàr Ath Fhodla[2]) is a village in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Grampian Mountains.[3] The Gaelic place-name Blair, from blàr, 'field, plain', refers to this location. Atholl, which means 'new Ireland', from the archaic Ath Fhodla is the name of the surrounding district.

On 13 March 2008, it was announced that Blair Atholl (together with some other Highland Perthshire villages) would be included in the Cairngorms National Park. This change was made at the request of the people of the town. The Forest of Atholl already formed part of the Cairngorms.

  1. ^ "Blair Atholl and Struan Community Council Website". Blair Atholl and Struan Community Council. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Our History : Bells Blair Athol Distillery : Great Scotland". Archived from the original on 3 February 2010.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2008), "Braemar and Blair Atholl", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (C2 ed.), ISBN 978-0-319-23119-7