Fort William

E39090
human settlement town

Fort William is a major town in the western Scottish Highlands, known as a gateway to Ben Nevis and a popular center for outdoor activities and tourism.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
City of Fort William 1
Fort William area 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 56.8198°N 5.1052°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dialingCode +44 1397 ⓘ
foundedAs military garrison ⓘ
governingBody Highland Council ⓘ
hasBuilding Old Fort of Fort William (ruins) ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Lochaber High School ⓘ
hasEvent UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (Nevis Range) ⓘ
hasGaelicName An Gearasdan ⓘ
hasHarbour Fort William ⓘ
surface form: Fort William harbour
hasHospital Belford Hospital ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Glenfinnan Viaduct ⓘ
Great Glen Way ⓘ
West Highland Way terminus ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Fort William railway station ⓘ
hasTransportConnection A82 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
A830 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf Great Britain ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
surface form: West Highlands
knownFor gateway to Ben Nevis ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
outdoor tourism ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
skiing and snowboarding ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn Lochaber ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Highland council area ⓘ
locatedNear Ben Nevis ⓘ
Glen Nevis ⓘ
Nevis Range ⓘ
locatedOn Loch Linnhe ⓘ
namedAfter William I of Orange ⓘ
surface form: William of Orange
parliamentaryConstituency Ross, Skye and Lochaber ⓘ
population approximately 10000 ⓘ
postalCode PH33 ⓘ
railwayLine West Highland Line ⓘ
scottishParliamentConstituency Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch ⓘ
timeZone BST ⓘ
UTC±00:00 ⓘ
tourismRegion Outdoor Capital of the UK ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ben Nevis Race → associatedTown → Fort William ⓘ
Mallaig → connectedByRailTo → Fort William ⓘ
West Highland Line → connects → Fort William ⓘ
Highland council area → contains → Fort William ⓘ
Lochaber → contains → Fort William ⓘ
Scottish Highlands → contains → Fort William ⓘ
OS Landranger 41 → coversArea → Fort William ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort William area
Ben Nevis Race → endPoint → Fort William ⓘ
Thunder Bay → formedByMergerOf → Fort William ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Fort William
Edinburgh Waverley → hasServiceTo → Fort William ⓘ
Great Glen → hasTown → Fort William ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary → locatedIn → Fort William ⓘ
Ben Nevis → locatedNear → Fort William ⓘ
Ben Nevis Race → location → Fort William ⓘ
Lochaber → majorTown → Fort William ⓘ
Ben Nevis → nearestTown → Fort William ⓘ
Carn Mor Dearg Arete → nearestTown → Fort William ⓘ
Great Glen Fault → passesNear → Fort William ⓘ
Ben Nevis Race → startPoint → Fort William ⓘ
Great Glen → stretchesTo → Fort William ⓘ