Little Gruinard
in Highland of Scotland, United Kingdom

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Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
57.850 and -5.467 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 57° 50' 59" and W -5° 28' 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: 12:08 PM (Friday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
4:51 am and 9:44 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-46.483 and 169.700 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pounawea
References
This place on Wikipedia
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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: 2024-05-17 08:07:57

Delve into Little Gruinard

Little Gruinard in Highland (Scotland) is located in United Kingdom about 487 mi (or 784 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town.

Current time in Little Gruinard is now 12:08 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports close to Little Gruinard, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Stornoway Airport in a distance of 40 mi (or 65 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance.

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stornoway, Highland, Inverness, Lochgilphead and Greenock. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 56 °F

Morning Temperature 12°C / 53 °F
Evening Temperature 11°C / 52 °F
Night Temperature 10°C / 50 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 84%
Air Pressure 1016 hPa
Wind Speed Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 97% of sky
General Conditions Overcast clouds

Saturday, 18th of May 2024

14°C (58 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.

Sunday, 19th of May 2024

12°C (53 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.

Monday, 20th of May 2024

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

Videos from this area

These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.

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 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.


half term

Published: March 01, 2009
Length: 31:52 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

Mostly kids play and songs in february 2009 Lee's 9th birthday (brief section)


Annat graveyard

Published: March 01, 2009
Length: 17:36 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Hugh Piggott

A visit to Annat to check out the new graveyard construction there. Also Exmoor ponies, and the old ruins. See also Jytte's facebook album of same visit. Lee in yellow coat.


Basking shark Wester Ross

Published: September 14, 2008
Length: 18:41 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: hovbod

I was out fishing when I noticed the fin coming in towards me Grunard bay aug 2008 only had my phone with me so I tried to catch the moment, this is the result tip your head 90deg to the left...


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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.

Gruinard Island

Gruinard Island (GRIN-yərd; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximatelyBad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 2*1,000/1,609.344 | 1-0 }} miles (2 km) long byBad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 1*1,000/1,609.344 | 1--1 }} miles (1 km) wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool.

Located at 57.8917, -5.46667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Biological warfare facilities, Islands of the Inner Hebrides, Geography of Highland (council area), Uninhabited islands of Scotland, Former populated places in Scotland

Little Gruinard

The Little Gruinard is a river in Wester Ross, Scotland which runs from the Fionn Loch into Gruinard Bay. It lies within the Letterewe Estate, previously owned by Paul van Vlissingen, a Dutch businessman. It has a healthy run of Atlantic Salmon. The Little Gruinard has been a forerunner in the development of Catch and release fishing amongst Scottish salmon rivers.

Located at 57.8306, -5.46833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of Scotland, Geography of Highland (council area)


This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Little Gruinard