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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Flow Country is about 160 km north-west of Aberdeen. The nearest other World Heritage site is Heart of Neolithic Orkney, about 75 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Inverness · about 45,000 peopleabout 110 km south
  • Aberdeen · about 189,000 peopleabout 160 km south-east
  • Dundee · about 152,000 peopleabout 220 km south
  • Perth · about 40,000 peopleabout 220 km south
  • Edinburgh · about 505,000 peopleabout 270 km south
  • Glasgow · about 1,160,000 peopleabout 280 km south
Flow CountryAberdeenInvernessHeart of Neolithic OrkneySt Kilda100 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Flow Country and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesHeart of Neolithic Orkney1Forth Bridge2Old and New Towns of Edinburgh3St Kilda4New Lanark5Flow Country
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.
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St Kilda

United KingdomMixed296 km away

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