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Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is an attractive village which is a popular summer location.
A junction in the centre of the village is the spot where you can choose between the Western Highlands and the Cairngorms. The village itself is well equipped, with a good car park, a Tourist Information Centre, and the attractive Spean Bridge Mill.
Looking south, there are excellent views up to the imposing northern faces of Ben Nevis and Aonach Mor, plus the entire range of the Grey Corries sweeping away to your left.
The views are still more spectacular from the northern side of the river, where the lovely Kilmonivaig Church and churchyard form a pretty and peaceful oasis. And a little further north again, where the main A82 crests the hill, is the dramatically imposing Commando Memorial, a bronze monument crafted by Scott Sutherland and placed here in 1952 to commemorate the many members of the elite commando units who trained in the area during the second world war.
