Spean Bridge

Overview

Spean Bridge, at the southern end of the Great Glen, is best known for its war memorial.

Spean Bridge is the first major stop north of Fort William, standing at the junction of the A82 up to Inverness, and the A86 which heads through Glen Spean towards Loch Laggan and on to Strathspey.

A mile west of the village is the famous Commando Memorial. Erected in 1952, it commemorates those commandos who fell during the Second World War - many of whom trained in this area when based at the commandos' basic training centre at Achnacarry. A commando exhibition at the Spean Bridge Hotel tells the story, and there are many other mementoes to be seen in the Clan Cameron Museum in Achnacarry itself. The museum also celebrates the history of the clan and their role in the Jacobite Rising - when 'gentle Lochiel', the chief of Clan Cameron, went into exile in France with Prince Charles Edward Stuart.