Smelters' path

Start location: Locheil Road, Inverlochy (NN 116 749)
End location: A82 (NN 119 749)
Geographical area: Lochaber
Path Type: Urban Path, Industrial Path
Path distance: 0.3km
Accessibility info: Suitable for pedestrians

Back to Search

Route Description

From the end of Locheil Road the obvious continuation is a cycle path; but to the right of this steps lead down a shallow grassy bank and across 10m of grass to a metal bridge over the railway. Definitely a footbridge: 1m wide and steep metal steps.
On the far side a narrow gravel-surfaced path continues between wire fences and hedges to reach the A82 at a stile a few metres E of, and opposite, Ben Nevis Motors Ford Garage. The route has street-lighting throughout its length and is clearly in regular use.

OS Landranger 41 (Ben Nevis, Fort William & surrounding area)

Heritage Information

A plaque on the bridge provides enlightenment as to how this right of way came to be:

THIS BRIDGE WAS OPENED
ON FEBRUARY 22ND 1955
BY GEORGE A WRIGHT ESQ. JP
MEMBER OF THE LOCHABER FACTORY
JOINT WORKERS COUNCIL
ERECTED BY THE NORTH BRITISH ALUMINIUM Co Ltd
FOR THE USE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

Click here to view this path on a map

Image Gallery