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INVERNESS |
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Straddling a nexus of major road and rail routes,
INVERNESS
is the busy and prosperous hub of the Highlands, and an inevitable port of call if you're exploring the region by public transport.
Buses
and
trains
leave for communities right across the far north of Scotland, and it isn't uncommon for people from as far afield as Thurso, Durness and Kyle of Lochalsh to travel down for a day's shopping here - Britain's most northerly chain-store centre. Though boasting few conventional sights, the city's setting on the banks of the River Ness is appealing.
The Town
The logical place to begin a tour of Inverness is the central
Town House
on the High Street. Built in 1878, this Gothic pile hosted Prime Minister Lloyd George's emergency meeting to discuss the Irish crisis in September 1921, and now...
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