Garve (Scottish Gaelic: Gairbh) is a village on the Black Water river, in Ross-shire, and is in the Highland Council area of Scotland.[1] It is situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Contin, on the A835, the main road to Ullapool on the west coast, close to where the A832 branches off towards Achnasheen.
Garve
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|---|---|
  Garve Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH397614 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | IV23 2 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
The village is served by the Garve railway station, on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, which crosses the A835 road on a level crossing. In 1890 Garve was proposed as the starting-point of a railway to Ullapool. The village has a primary school and a post office, but no shop. The village is within the Garve and District Community Council area.
Garve and District are served by the Garve and District Development Company, a company formed by the community during 2017.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Loch Glascarnoch (265m elevation) 1981–2010 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.2 (29.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.6 (43.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 236.3 (9.30) |
164.0 (6.46) |
175.3 (6.90) |
94.0 (3.70) |
87.7 (3.45) |
85.7 (3.37) |
98.2 (3.87) |
103.5 (4.07) |
150.3 (5.92) |
199.5 (7.85) |
191.8 (7.55) |
180.5 (7.11) |
1,766.6 (69.55) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 19.7 | 17.0 | 20.4 | 16.0 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 17.2 | 207.3 |
| Source: metoffice.gov.uk[2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Garve". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Climate Normals 1981–2010". Met Office. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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