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Nethy Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Drochaid or Drochaid Neithich) is a small village in Strathspey in the Highland council area of Scotland. The village lies 5 miles (8 km) south of Grantown-on-Spey within the historical parish of Abernethy and Kincardine , and the Cairngorms National Park .
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Abernethy and Kincardine is a civil parish, and former registration district and ecclesiastical parish, in the Highland council area of Scotland.The name is not in use for any modern administrative entity, but remains as the usual description for historical purposes, in the case of the registration district being only a name change.
Broomhill railway station or Broomhill for Nethy Bridge railway station [1] is a reconstructed railway station on the former Highland Railway main line [2] which was originally built to serve the small villages of Nethy Bridge and Dulnain Bridge in Strathspey. It is at present the eastern terminus of the Strathspey Steam Railway.
The station opened on 1 July 1863 as Abernethy by the Strathspey Railway.Its name was changed to Nethy Bridge to avoid confusion with Abernethy near Perth. This meant the village was renamed, though the name Abernethy is still in frequent use for the area.
Nethy Bridge: 28 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (45.9 km) 1 July 1863 [42] 18 October 1965 [126] Opened as Abernethy, renamed in 1867. [42] Broomhill Junction: 30 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (48.7 km) Boat of Garten: 33 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (53.5 km) 3 August 1863 [71] 18 October 1965 [71] The Strathspey Railway reached here on 1 August 1866. [42] Joint station with Highland ...
Abernethy was established in 1971 when the Walker family donated their 30-acre (120,000 m 2) estate and buildings at Nethybridge. 10 years later Mary Currie, owner of the Hamilton Arms Hotel on the Isle of Arran, gave her property to be used as a Christian Centre resulting in the birth of the Arran Outdoor Centre.
It lies within the Cairngorms National Park, close to the villages of Nethy Bridge, Boat of Garten, and Aviemore. The forest is an RSPB reserve, close to Loch Garten Osprey Centre, which is also owned by the RSPB. It is popular with walkers, as there are various trails throughout the reserve. [4]