Kinmylies ( ) is an area in the west end of the city of
Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
in the
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...
. The area sits between the side of the hill
Craig Phadrig
Craig Phadrig (Scottish Gaelic: Creag Phàdraig, meaning Rock of Patrick) is a forested hill on the western edge of Inverness, Scotland. A hill fort on the summit is generally supposed to have been the base of the Pictish king Bridei mac Maelcho ...
(Gaelic for Patrick's Rock); and the
Caledonian Canal
The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford.
Route
The canal r ...
. The local football team was
Caledonian F.C.
Caledonian Football Club was a Scotland, Scottish association football, football club from the city of Inverness, Highland (council area), Highland. It played in the Highland Football League until 1994, when it merged with Inverness Thistle F. ...
until they merged with another team (
Inverness Thistle) to form
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...
and moved out of the area.
The name Kinmylies originates from the Scots Gaelic ''Ceann a' Mhìlidh'', meaning Head (or place) of the Warriors. The area appears in the 1841 census onwards but in the 1970s became built up initially as housing for key workers, who were encouraged to move to the area to aid its growth.
Kinmylies houses
Charleston Academy
Charleston Academy ( Gaelic:''Àrd Sgoil Bhaile Theàrlaich'') is a secondary school established in 1978, in the Kinmylies area of Inverness, Scotland. The present roll is 724 pupils. The catchment area includes Kinmylies, Muirtown, Leachkin a ...
; a secondary School with a local catchment area, and additionally villages surrounding the city; such as
Beauly and
Drumnadrochit
Drumnadrochit (; gd, Druim na Drochaid) is a village in the Highland local government council area of Scotland, lying near the west shore of Loch Ness at the foot of Glen Urquhart. The village is close to several neighbouring settlements: the vi ...
. The area also shares its name with the local primary school,
Kinmylies Primary. It is the hometown of actress
Karen Gillan.
Kinmylies Parish Church and Kinmylies Medical Practice are in proximity to the schools; both built in the 1990s.
Kinmylies Church of ScotlandKinmylies Medical Practice
Areas of Inverness
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