Ockle (Scottish Gaelic: Ocal) is a remote hamlet, situated on the northcoast of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Ockle
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Location within the Lochaber area | |
OS grid reference | NM555705 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ACHARACLE |
Postcode district | PH36 |
Dialling code | 01972 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Ockle lies six miles (ten kilometres) northeast of Kilchoan on the southern coast of the peninsula. The public road ends in Ockle.
There is a 7+1⁄2-mile-long (12-kilometre) footpath running between Ockle (NM555704) and the public road at Arivegaig (NM651677) (2+1⁄2 mi or 4 km from Acharacle)
The current population of Ockle is 1.