
The Glenfiddich Distillery, in Dufftown
Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic, Srath Spè) is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland.
The term Strathspey usually refers to the upper part of the strath from the source of the Spey down to the capital, Grantown-on-Spey, whereas the anglicised form, Speyside, refers to the area from Grantown-on-Spey to the mouth of the river at Spey Bay.
Recently there has been some controversy over attempts to anglicise the name into Spey Valley. The tourist area from the south starts at Dalwhinnie and continues North along the A9 towards Newtonmore, Kingussie, Aviemore and on towards Grantown-on-Spey. The Canadian merchant Robert Simpson, founder of Simpson's department store, was born there in 1834.
Speyside is one of the main centres of the Scotch whisky industry, with a high concentration of single malt distilleries in the region, including the Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries.
Twin towns
- Grantown-on-Spey, the capital of Strathspey, is twinned with Notre-Dame-de Monts, Vendée, France
- Speyside, the area downriver from Grantown-on-Spey, is twinned with Touques, Calvados, France
Notable residents
See also
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Strathspey. |
- Speyside single malts
- Strathspey (dance)
- Strathspey Railway
Traditional provinces and districts of Scotland
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Major districts (former counties, provincial lordships and rural deaneries) |
- The Aird
- Annandale
- Angus
- Argyll
- Atholl
- Boyne
- Buchan
- Badenoch
- Breadalbane
- Caithness
- Carrick
- Clydesdale (or Strathclyde)
- Cowal
- Cunningham
- Desnes
- Eskdale
- Farines
- Fife
- Fothriff
- Galloway
- Garioch
- Garmoran
- The Glenkens
- Gowrie
- Kintyre
- Knapdale
- Kyle
- Lauderdale
- Lennox
- Liddesdale
- Lochaber
- Lorn
- Lothian
- Mar
- Mearns
- Menteith
- Merse
- Moray
- Nithsdale
- The Rhinns
- Ross (Easter and Wester)
- Stormont
- Strathavon
- Strathbogie
- Strathearn
- Strathgryfe
- Strathnaver
- Strathspey
- Sutherland
- Teviotdale
- Tweeddale
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Minor districts |
- Applecross
- Appin
- Ardgour
- Ardmeanach
- Ardnamurchan
- Assynt
- Avondale
- Balquhidder
- Benderloch
- The Black Isle
- Braemar
- Coigach
- Cromar
- Cromdale
- Douglasdale
- Durness
- Dùthaich MhicAoidh
- Eddrachilles
- Enzie
- Ettrickdale
- Ewesdale
- Formartine
- Gairloch
- Glen Albyn
- Glen Almond
- Glen Cassley
- Glen Clova
- Glen Dochart
- Glenelg
- Glen Esk
- Glengarry
- Glen Lethnot
- Glen Lyon
- Glen Moriston
- Glen Orchy
- Glen Prosen
- Glenshee
- Glen Spean
- Glen Urquhart
- Gruinard
- Howe of Fife
- Howe of the Mearns
- Kintail
- Kintyre
- Knoydart
- Lochalsh
- Loch Broom
- Locheil
- The Machars
- Midmar
- Moidart
- Morar
- Morven
- Muir of Ord
- Rannoch Moor
- Rhinns of Kells
- Strathallan
- Strathardle
- Strathbran
- Strathbraan
- Strathcarron (Forth)
- Strathcarron (Oykel)
- Strathconon
- Strathdearn
- Strathdeveron
Strathdee (Deeside)
- Strathdon
- Strathfarrar
- Strath Gartney
- Strathglass
- Strathisla
- Strathmore
- Strath of Kildonan
- Strath Oykel
- Strath Tay
- Strathyre
- Sunart
- Trossachs
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Insular districts For smaller islands, usually districts in their own right, see List of Scottish islands
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Islands of the Clyde |
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Islay |
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Mull |
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Skye |
- Duirinish
- Minginish
- Sleat
- Trotternish
- Waternish
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Outer Hebrides |
Harris (North Harris, South Harris)
Lewis (The Lochs, West Side, Point, Back)
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Orkney |
- Pomona
- Hoy and Walls
- Rousay
- Shapinsay
- South Ronaldsay
- Westray
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Shetland |
Mainland (Central Mainland, North Mainland, South Mainland, West Mainland)
- Fetlar
- Unst
- Whalsay
- Yell
- North Isles
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Border areas |
- Debatable Lands
- East March
- Middle March
- West March
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Coordinates: 57°29′04.07″N 3°10′10.40″W / 57.4844639°N 3.1695556°W / 57.4844639; -3.1695556
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