West Highland Way Towns

Below are links to brief background information on the towns along the route of the West Highland Way.

The Highlands.

The Highlands are the most northerly region of mainland Great Britain and span an area of 25,000 sq km / 9,653 sq miles - one third of the landmass of Scotland and one-eighth of Great Britain. It is 10 times larger than Luxembourg, 20% larger than Wales and about the same size as Belgium.

It stretches 209 miles / 337 km from Dunnet Head in the north, to Dalwhinnie in the south and is 190 miles / 306 km wide from Ardnamurchan in the west, to Auldearn in the east.

Only 4% of the population of Scotland live within the Highlands the overall density is the lowest of any region in the European Community having 8 people per sq km / 20 people per sq mile, compared to a Scottish average of 66 persons per sq km / 170 per sq mile.

The population of the highlands is about 209,000 the highest number for more than a century

The largest city in the N. East, is Aberdeen ( pop:c 206,000 ).

80% of Scots live in the central lowlands in cities like Edinburgh ( pop:c 449,000 ) - Glasgow ( pop:c 577,000 ) - Dundee ( pop:c 100,000 ).
About 2 million people live within a few miles of Glasgow.

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