A95 road
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The A95 road is a major road of north-east Scotland
connecting the A9 road in the Highlands to the A98 road near the coast.
It leaves the A9 four miles north of Aviemore
.
It then goes:
It ends with a junction with the A98 road between Portsoy
and Banff.
Scotland
Scotland 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...
connecting the A9 road in the Highlands to the A98 road near the coast.
It leaves the A9 four miles north of Aviemore
Aviemore
Aviemore 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. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
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It then goes:
- through Drumullie;
- near to Dulnain BridgeDulnain BridgeDulnain Bridge is a village in Strathspey, next to the meeting of the River Dulnain and the River Spey, three miles south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, in the Scottish Highlands and the Highland council area.-History:...
– junction with A938 road; - through Craggan
- near to Grantown-on-SpeyGrantown-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...
– junctions with A939 roadA939 roadThe A939 'Lecht Road' connects the A96 at Nairn on the Moray Coast with the A95 Grantown on Spey, then it continues to the A93 at Ballater by way of the Grampian Mountains, passing Tomintoul and the Lecht Ski Centre.This road passes over four summits:...
; - through CromdaleCromdaleCromdale is a village in Highland, Scotland and one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical parish of "Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie" in Morayshire....
- through Mains of Dalvey;
- over the Bridge of Avon;
- through AberlourAberlourAberlour , is the name of a place in Moray, Scotland, 12 miles south of Elgin on the road to Grantown. A burn , a tributary of the River Spey, and surrounding parish, are both named Aberlour, but the name is most commonly used in reference to the village which straddles the stream and flanks the...
; - through CraigellachieCraigellachie, ScotlandCraigellachie is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich , in walking distance of the town of Aberlour....
– junctions with A941 road; - through MaggieknockaterMaggieknockaterMaggieknockater is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the Moray council area, in the former county of Banffshire....
, Mulben, Tauchers and Rosarie; - joins the A96 road west of Keith leaving it east of that town;
- through FarmtownFarmtownFarmtown is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland.Farmtown lies on the junction of the A95 and B9117 roads east of the town of Keith....
, Drumnagarroch, Glenbarry, Gordonstown and CornhillCornhill, AberdeenshireCornhill is a small village close to Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.There is the local garage Ewens of Cornhill, Post Office and the local pub Peggy Duffs. There is a nearby castle, Castle of Park, also known as Park House, which was built in the 16th century...
It ends with a junction with the A98 road between Portsoy
Portsoy
Portsoy is a burgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly in the county of Banffshire. The original name of the town was Pert Soaidh, which translates as 'The wooded place of the warriors...
and Banff.