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Aviemore is a tourist resort in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland, popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm Mountains. It is in the region known as Badenoch and Strathspey. Situated within the Cairngorms National Park, Aviemore is one of the largest towns in the park, with a population of 2,397 as of the last census.
It is the first skiing resort to be established in Scotland and is also notable for having a freely grazing reindeer herd, the only one in Britain.
The village was transformed in the 1960s by large developments for the tourist industry, which were designed by John Poulson, later to be the centre of a bribery scandal.
Aviemore lies on the A9 Inverness to Perth Road. It has a railway station and also is at one end of the Strathspey Railway, a "heritage" steam railway.
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Visitaviemore: January 2010 events listings in Aviemore and the Cairngorms now online.....http://cli.gs/2rXPMv |
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stevenhorner: @philcturner Yeah staying Aviemore area, would be good to meet up if you can |
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philcturner: @stevenhorner based in Aviemore? You'll be fine! I'm sure I could come up for a day or two if you're OK with that. 6" of powder yesterday! |
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