Nethy Bridge
Nethy Bridge is a small village in Strathspey in the Highland council area of Scotland. The town lies within the historic parish of Abernethy as well as Kincardine, as well as the Cairngorms National Park. Frequently affectionately described merely as "Nethy" the town has, since Victorian times been a tourist location noted for its peaceful and remote place at the edge of the Abernethy Forest. It remains in the heart of Strathspey in the Highlands of Scotland, in between Aviemore and also Grantown, as well as is within the border of the Cairngorms National Park which was developed in 2003. A key industry of Nethy Bridge was forestry, with at one time a number of sawmills in the location, yet this has actually long since decreased and also currently much of the revenue is derived from tourist. The name is originated from the River Nethy, a tributary of the nearby Spey, which goes through the town, and also the curved bridge which was integrated in 1810, to a timeless Telford design, as well as remains in the heart of the village. It needed to be repaired after the Moray flooding of August 1829, when part of it was washed away. In total, there are 4 Telford bridges in Nethy. Originally called Abernethy (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Neithich), Nethy Bridge was renamed when the railways came this much north in the 1860s. The Great North of Scotland Railway already had actually a town called Abernethy on its line additionally south, so relabelled this one Nethy Bridge to distinguish both. The placename Abernethy is still often made use of around here: Abernethy Highland Games, Abernethy Forest, Abernethy Primary School etc. In 2011 the population of Nethy Bridge was 640. Nethy Bridge was just one of the very first neighborhoods in the location to establish a traveler organization web site. A huge part of the site is to record all residential or commercial properties with their specific history, and also numerous town "elders" have actually been gotten to research as well as record the realities.