Tornagrain
Housing in Phase 1a
Tornagrain is located in Inverness area
Tornagrain
Tornagrain
Location within the Inverness area
OS grid referenceNH781502
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townInverness
Postcode districtIV2 7
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Tornagrain (from the Scottish Gaelic Tòrr na Grèine meaning 'The Sunny Mound') is a hamlet and planned village in the Scottish Highlands, situated around 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Inverness. It falls within the Highland council area for local government purposes. Tornagrain lies 1.2 miles (2 km) south of Inverness (Dalcross) Airport; and 1.5 miles (2.5 km) east of Castle Stuart Golf Course which was developed in 2009 and hosted the Barclays Scottish Open Championship for the first time in 2011.

Plans to expand Tornagrain into a community for more than 10,000 residents[1] were submitted to planning authorities by the Moray Estate. Planning permission was granted for the building of 5,000 homes in September 2012.[2] The development of the site will take place over many years.[3] Developers claim Tornagrain is the first new town to be built in Scotland for more than 50 years.[4]

Transportation

The hamlet is served by bus.[5] The newly-constructed Inverness Airport railway station is close to Tornagrain.

References

  1. ↑ "Tornagrain - A Planned Town for the Highlands". Moray Estates. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Tornagrain Planning permission". Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "New town of Tornagrain to grow over 60 years". BBC News. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Planned new Highlands town set to welcome first residents". Scottish Housing News. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Dougall, Emily (11 September 2018). "Stagecoach invests £1.1 million in new ADL buses for Inverness Airport". CBW. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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