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{{Short description|Region of Scotland}}
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[[File:Speyside Railway and River Spey - geograph.org.uk - 3331313.jpg|thumb|The [[Strathspey Railway (preserved)|Strathspey Railway]] running through Strathspey]]
'''Strathspey''' ({{langx|gd|Srath Spè}}, {{IPA|gd|s̪t̪ɾa ˈs̪peː|}}) is a region of the [[Scottish Highlands]] comprising part of the valley of the [[River Spey|Spey]]. It includes the towns of [[Aviemore]], [[Boat of Garten]], [[Grantown-on-Spey]], and [[Aberlour]].

Strathspey, as traditionally defined, stretches from Upper Craigellachie (near Aviemore) to Lower Craigellachie (near the [[Craigellachie, Moray|village]] of the same name).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory3259.html|title=River Spey (historical perspective)|publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]|accessdate=2024-10-15}}</ref> Above it is [[Badenoch]] and below it is the low-lying region of Speyside. The region is administratively divided between [[Moray]] and the [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] council area.

Speyside is one of the main centres of the Scotch [[whisky]] industry, with a high concentration of [[Single malt Scotch|single malt]] [[distillery|distilleries]] in the region, including the [[Glenfiddich]] and [[Balvenie]] distilleries. [[Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail]] is a tourism initiative featuring seven working Speyside distilleries, a historic distillery and the [[Speyside Cooperage]]. The concept was created in the early 1980s. The region is a natural for whisky distillers because of three benefits: it is close to barley farms, contains the River Spey and is close to the port of Garmouth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120417-exploring-scotlands-historic-whisky-trail|title=Exploring Scotland's Historic Whisky Trail|author=Celia Shatzman|date=2012-04-30|access-date=2020-01-08|publisher=BBC}}</ref> The region also hosts the [[Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Deborah |title=Whisky festival comes of age with virtual festival for second year running |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19256142.whisky-festival-comes-age-virtual-festival-second-year-running/ |access-date=27 April 2021 |work=HeraldScotland |date=24 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Twin towns==
* [[Grantown-on-Spey]], the capital of Strathspey, is twinned with [[Notre-Dame-de-Monts]], [[Vendée]], France
* Speyside, the area downriver from Grantown-on-Spey, is twinned with [[Touques, Calvados|Touques]], [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]], France

== Notable residents ==
* [[John Robert Grant]] (1729–1790), a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] officer during the [[American Revolution]] and [[United Empire Loyalists|refugee settler]] in [[Summerville, Nova Scotia]].
* Fr. [[Allan MacDonald (poet)|Allan MacDonald]] (1859-1905), a [[Roman Catholic priest]] and highly important figure in modern [[Scottish Gaelic literature]], had family roots in Strathspey.
* [[Iain Ruadh Stiùbhart]] (1700–1752), [[Jacobite Army (1745)|Jacobite Army]] officer and [[war poet]] during the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|rising of 1745]].

==See also==
{{wikivoyage|Strathspey}}
*[[Speyside single malts]]
*[[Strathspey (dance)]]
*[[Strathspey Railway (disambiguation)|Strathspey Railway]]

==References==
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{{Scottish provinces|major}}
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[[Category:Glens of Scotland]]
[[Category:Badenoch and Strathspey]]
[[Category:Moray]]
[[Category:Landforms of Moray]]
[[Category:Valleys of Highland (council area)]]

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