There is some debate as to the location of the geographical centre of Scotland. This is due to different methods of calculating the centre, and whether surrounding islands are included.

In 2002, the Ordnance Survey calculated the centre using a centre of gravity method. The centre point was found to be at grid reference NN6678471599. This is on a hillside near Loch Garry, between Dalwhinnie and Blair Atholl and close to the A9 road and the railway line. Part of an Ordnance Survey map at 1 inch to the mile scale from 1945 Ordnance Survey (OS) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. ... In physics, the center of gravity (CoG) of an object is the average location of its weight. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Loch Garry, from the Gaelic word for rough, is 25km north of Fort William and is 11 km long and 50m deep. ... Dalwhinnie (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Chuinnidh; NN634848) is a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands. ... Blair Atholl is a small town in Perthshire, Scotland. ... The A9 north of Brora The A9 is a major road running from the Falkirk area in the south of Scotland to Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. ... The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. ...

Nearby, tt is claimed that the centre lies a few miles from the village of Newtonmore, Badenoch. It is marked by a stone set into a wall.[1] Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Newtonmore is a village in the Highlands of Scotland with a population of about 1000. ... Badenoch, a district of south-east Inverness-shire in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath mountains, on the east by the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber. ...

The Ordnance Survey calculated that the centre of mainland Scotland is at NN7673153751. The point is 5km east of the mountain of Schiehallion, which is sometimes claimed to be at the centre of Scotland. Schiehallion, a mountain (technically a Munro) in Perthshire, Scotland, is popular with walkers due to its accessibility, easy path up and spectacular views - in 2000 it was estimated that annually between 17500 and 20000 walkers made the ascent [1]. The origin of the name is unclear but Fairy Hill of...

See also

• Centre points of the United Kingdom
• Extreme points of the United Kingdom
• Geographical centre of Europe

There has long been debate over the exact location of the geographical centre of the United Kingdom, and its constituent countries, due to the complexity and method of the calculation, such as whether to include offshore islands, and the fact that erosion will cause the position to change over time. ... This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. ... This map shows some of the locations of claimants to the title of Centre of Europe An ongoing debate concerns where the geographical centre of Europe is to be found. ...

References

• BBC News: Brave hearts of Scotland, 24 October 2002
• Picture of the stone marking the geographical centre of Scotland
• http://www.highlandhostel.co.uk
• OS MapZone - Where is the centre of mainland Scotland?