Acheninver
in Highland of Scotland, United Kingdom

How to get there and get around
Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
58.000 and -5.317 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 58° 0' 0" and W -5° 19' 0"
Currency and Currency Code:
Pound - GBP
Spoken languages:
English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 11:15 AM (Saturday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:18 am and 9:17 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-46.483 and 169.700 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pounawea
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for United Kingdom in Northern Europe

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-05-04 08:22:41

Explore Acheninver

Acheninver in Highland (Scotland) is a city in United Kingdom about 494 mi (or 794 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.

Local time in Acheninver is now 11:15 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the vicinity of Acheninver, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Stornoway Airport in a distance of 40 mi (or 64 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stornoway, Highland, Inverness, Lochgilphead and Elgin. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 58 °F

Morning Temperature 10°C / 51 °F
Evening Temperature 15°C / 59 °F
Night Temperature 12°C / 54 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 74%
Air Pressure 1006 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North-West
Cloud Conditions Scattered clouds, covering 36% of sky
General Conditions Scattered clouds

Sunday, 5th of May 2024

14°C (58 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.

Monday, 6th of May 2024

11°C (52 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.

Tuesday, 7th of May 2024

11°C (52 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Summer Isles Hotel

Address
1,8 mi
Achiltibuie
IV26 2YG Achiltibuie
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Videos from this area

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Ullapool Timelapse Video

Published: June 28, 2012
Length: 29:36 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: capello1986

My first ever "Timelapse" video shot in the beautiful Ardmair Point Camping and Caravan Park a few miles out of Ullapool Scotland.


Scoraig Wind turbine Skylines

Published: February 24, 2010
Length: 21:03 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

A tour of Scoraig wind turbines (not all of them). Sorry about the sound.


Scoraig wind turbine workshop 2010

Published: May 29, 2010
Length: 55:38 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

They came from Estonia, Germany, France, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina to build a 3 metre turbine here on Scoraig. Thanks, guys! And thanks again to William and Cathy for the use of...


Assembly and test of a 3 metre turbine at Scoraig in June

Published: June 16, 2009
Length: 22:27 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

We built a ten foot (3 metres) 24-volt turbine with a smallish group. This is the tenth workshop to be held at Shanti Griha at Scoraig. Thanks to William and Cathy for hosting the workshop...


Scoraig Stories (powerpoint0

Published: December 07, 2014
Length: 57:12 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

This is part of a backup version of my presentation to the Windempowerment conference in Athens last month. In fact it was not used and I did it again live but it might be of interest to some....


Welding to my Scoraig Recipe

Published: March 18, 2010
Length: 01:57 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

Mostly shot during one day while I was welding the frame and tail of a 3600mm diameter turbine following my own 'recipe'. Showing some of the tricks I use to get the correct angles etc. http://ww...


Using a rope hoist on Scoraig

Published: July 08, 2009
Length: 13:33 min
Rating: 3 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

Winching down a couple of Scoraig windmills with Nigel. They needed some greasing and stuff. 2.4m 8 footers on 12 and 6 metre (40 and 20 foot) towers appropriate to their sites. Guys anchored...


Erection of an 1800 mm turbine for 12V battery at the 'Glass House' on Scoraig

Published: September 19, 2009
Length: 11:36 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

This is the turbine we built here in May see http://www.scoraigwind.com/Scoraig2009/index.htm It has 2 magnet rotors instead of using one magnet rotor with a plain disk on the outside. Air...


Michel's stator

Published: March 06, 2009
Length: 46:09 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

Repairing a Scoraig windmill where the bearings failed and the stator got trashed. Alan Bush winds new coils. We also replaced the magnets but I don't show that. It's more of an exercise...


Dive Summer Isles including the Fairweather V

Published: October 01, 2008
Length: 47:16 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Billybusrammer

A weekend trip to dive the Summer Isles, Little Loch Broom and Fairweather V.


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Horse Island, Summer Isles

Horse Island is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles, in the north west of Scotland. Once inhabited, the island now only supports a herd of wild goats.

Located at 57.98, -5.34 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Uninhabited islands of Scotland, Summer Isles, Former populated places in Scotland


This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Acheniner, Acheninver