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Aultbea
Sign in to saveAultbea (Gaelic: An t-Allt Beithe) is a small coastal fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about west of Ullapool. The village has a primary school and a small post office.
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- Locality
- Aultbea
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 370
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Loch Ewe
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- View along the front in Aultbea - geograph.org.uk - 54745.jpg
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- Aultbea
- historic county
- Ross-shire
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Aultbea (Gaelic: An t-Allt Beithe) is a small coastal fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about west of Ullapool. The village has a primary school and a small post office.
Aultbea has two churches, a shop, a masonic lodge and a Café & Gift Shop, Oran Na Mara, located just below the Drumchork Hotel. , a third small church was under construction. Aultbea has a NATO refuelling base which serves large ships. There is an annual "fun day" when people from the village and surrounding area play football or other activities, or socialise over home-baked scones.
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