Glenelg
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Glenelg with village shop at left, part of a category B listed building | |
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
Population | 1,507 (2001) |
OS grid reference | NG8119 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KYLE |
Postcode district | IV40 |
Dialling code | 01599 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Glenelg (Scottish Gaelic: Glinn Eilg,[1] also Gleann Eilg[2]) is a scattered community area and civil parish in the Lochalsh area of Highland in western Scotland.
The main village is called Kirkton of Glenelg and commonly referred to as "Glenelg". There is a smaller hamlet less than one mile (two kilometres) to the south by the jetty and skirting Glenelg Bay, known as Quarry. There are several other clusters of houses scattered over Glenelg including up Glen Beag and Glen More and on the road leading to the ferry at Kyle Rhea. The parish covers a large area including Knoydart, North Morar and the ferry port of Mallaig.[3] At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,507.[4] The smaller "settlement zone" around Kirkton had a population of 283.[5] In 2011 Highland Council estimated that the community of Glenelg and Arnisdale had a population of 291.[6]