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Blair Atholl
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 Blair Atholl Post Office | |
  Blair Atholl Location within Perth and Kinross | |
| OS grid reference | NN876654 |
| • Edinburgh | 61.5 mi (99 km) |
| • London | 393 mi (632 km) |
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| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PITLOCHRY |
| Postcode district | PH18 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Blair Atholl (from the Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Athall, originally Blàr Ath Fhodla[2]) is a village in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Grampian Mountains.[3] The Gaelic place-name Blair, from blàr, 'field, plain', refers to this location. Atholl, which means 'new Ireland', from the archaic Ath Fhodla is the name of the surrounding district.
On 13 March 2008, it was announced that Blair Atholl (together with some other Highland Perthshire villages) would be included in the Cairngorms National Park. This change was made at the request of the people of the town. The Forest of Atholl already formed part of the Cairngorms.
- ^ "Blair Atholl and Struan Community Council Website". Blair Atholl and Struan Community Council. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Our History : Bells Blair Athol Distillery : Great Scotland". Archived from the original on 3 February 2010.
- ^ Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2008), "Braemar and Blair Atholl", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (C2 ed.), ISBN 978-0-319-23119-7