Strathspey, Scotland and continues North along the A9 towards Newtonmore, Kingussie, Aviemore and on towards Grantown-on-Spey. The Canadian merchant Robert Simpson, founder of Simpson's department store, was born there in 1834. Speyside is one of the main centres of the Scotch whisky industry, with a high concentration of single malt distilleries in the region, including the Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries. Strathspey, Scotland Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic, "Srath Spè") is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland. The term Strathspey usually refers to the upper part
Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) Two of the four bridges over the Spey still survive: the joint road/rail cast-iron arch bridge at Carron and the impressive lattice girder bridge at Ballindalloch; the latter is now a Category A listed building. The bridge at Abernethy (Nethy Bridge) has completely disappeared, and only the pillars of the bridge at Tomachrochar survive. The line is closed in its entirety between Boat of Garten and Dufftown. Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) Strathspey Railway is a historic railway in Scotland that ran from Boat of Garten to Dufftown. The line was opened on 1 July 1863 between Dufftown and Abernethy (later Nethy