Ballinluig
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Ballinluig is a village in Perth and Kinross
, Scotland
, with a population of approximately 240 . It lies on the banks of the River Tummel
and is approximately 4 miles south-east of Pitlochry
. It developed with the building of the Highland Railway
, and sat where a branch line went off to Aberfeldy, both the branch line and Ballinluig station were closed in 1965.
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
, Scotland
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...
, with a population of approximately 240 . It lies on the banks of the River Tummel
River Tummel
The River Tummel is a river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Discharging from Loch Rannoch, it flows east to a point near the Falls of Tummel, where it bends to the southeast, a direction which it maintains until it falls into the River Tay, just below Logierait, after a course of from its source...
and is approximately 4 miles south-east of Pitlochry
Pitlochry
Pitlochry , is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. Its population according to the 2001 census was 2,564....
. It developed with the building of the Highland Railway
Highland Railway
The Highland Railway was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921; it operated north of Perth railway station in Scotland and served the farthest north of Britain...
, and sat where a branch line went off to Aberfeldy, both the branch line and Ballinluig station were closed in 1965.