Garve
Human settlement in Scotland
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Garve (Scottish Gaelic: Gairbh) is a village on the Black Water river, in Ross-shire, and is in the Highland Council area of Scotland.[1] It is situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Contin, on the A835, the main road to Ullapool on the west coast, close to where the A832 branches off towards Achnasheen.
Garve
| |
|---|---|
  Garve Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH397614 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GARVE |
| Postcode district | IV23 |
| Dialling code | 01997 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
The village is served by the Garve railway station, on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, which crosses the A835 road on a level crossing. In 1890 Garve was proposed as the starting-point of a railway to Ullapool. The village has a primary school and a post office, but no shop. The village is within the Garve and District Community Council area.
Garve and District are served by the Garve and District Development Company, a company formed by the community during 2017.
Climate
| Climate data for Loch Glascarnoch (265m elevation) 1991–2020 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
5.8 (42.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.7 (45.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.4 (38.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 225.7 (8.89) |
170.1 (6.70) |
152.5 (6.00) |
102.0 (4.02) |
101.9 (4.01) |
86.8 (3.42) |
83.4 (3.28) |
111.9 (4.41) |
132.9 (5.23) |
187.8 (7.39) |
187.0 (7.36) |
200.9 (7.91) |
1,742.9 (68.62) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 20.3 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 213.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 26.3 | 52.8 | 98.4 | 127.4 | 179.8 | 132.7 | 112.7 | 108.5 | 92.0 | 67.2 | 31.9 | 14.8 | 1,044.5 |
| Source: metoffice.gov.uk[2] | |||||||||||||
