Kinlochleven

Kinlochleven ( Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Lìobhann ) is a village with about 880 inhabitants ( 2004 estimate ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. The village is situated between the surrounding Glen Coe mountains in the south and the Mamores in the north.

Kinlochleven is dominated by the building of a former aluminum factory. The aluminum plant was built in 1907 by the British Aluminium Company ( later to a company merged with Alcan ) and was developed by the brothers Patrick and Charles Meik. The aluminum smelter in which at peak times up to 800 people were employed, was, after almost a century, finally closing in June 2000. Because the work is Kinlochleven today the rarity of a workers' homes in the Highlands Represents the townscape is dominated by corresponding uniform townhouses.

In Kinlochleven there are some hotels and hostels, which are mostly used by the walkers of the West Highland Ways. Kinlochleven is by far the largest settlement on the distance covered. The place is connected to the Scottish bus network. There are direct connections to Fort William and in the neighboring villages of Ballachulish and Glencoe, from which Glasgow can be reached migration -free.