Editing Fort William, Scotland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:FortWilliam.jpg|thumb|right|Fort William viewed from Corpach]]
[[File:FortWilliamParade.jpg|alt=Fort William Parade and Duncansburgh MacIntosh Parish Church|left|thumb|Fort William Parade and Duncansburgh MacIntosh Parish Church]]
The town lies at the southern end of the [[Great Glen]]. Fort William lies near the head of [[Loch Linnhe]], one of Scotland's longest [[sea loch]]s, beside the mouth of the rivers [[River Nevis|Nevis]] and Lochy. They join in the intertidal zone and briefly become one river before discharging to the sea. The town and its suburbs are surrounded by mountains. Its suburbs of Lochyside, Caol and Corpach are on the shore of [[Loch Eil]]. It is close to [[Ben Nevis]], the highest mountain in the [[British Isles]], [[Glen Nevis]], and the settlement of [[Achnaphubuil]], which is on the opposite shore of the loch. The original railway station, which was at the south end of the town, was opened on 7 August 1894.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=West Highland Railway | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000295/18940813/085/0004 |newspaper=DundeeAdvertiser |location=Scotland |date=13 August 1894 |access-date=7 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
[[File:Picture of countryside outside Fort William.jpg|thumb|Countryside just outside of Fort William]]
The town is centred on the High Street, which was pedestrianised in the 1990s. Off this, there are several squares: Monzie Square (named after the [[Alexander Campbell Cameron|Cameron Campbells of Monzie]], [[Perthshire]], former landowners in the town); Station Square, where the long-since demolished railway station used to be; Gordon Square (named after the Gordons, who in the late 18th century owned land where the town now stands, when the town was named Gordonsburgh); and Cameron Square—formerly known as Town Hall Square. There is also Fraser Square, which is not so square-like, since it now opens out into Middle Street, but which still houses the Imperial Hotel.

The main residential areas of the town are unseen from the High Street and the [[A82 road|A82 main road]]. Upper Achintore and the Plantation spread steeply uphill from above the high street.
[[File:Corpach and Inverlochy crop.jpg|thumb|left|Inverlochy, aluminium plant, Corpach and Loch Eil]]
Inverlochy, Claggan, An-Aird, Lochyside, [[Caol]], [[Banavie]] and [[Corpach]] outwith (i.e. outside) the town are the other main residential areas. These areas are built on much flatter land than the town.

Fort William is the northern end of the [[West Highland Way]], a long-distance route which runs {{convert|95|mi|km|abbr=off}} through the Scottish Highlands to [[Milngavie]], on the outskirts of [[Glasgow]], and the start/end point of the [[Great Glen Way]], which runs between Fort William and Inverness.

[[Glenfinnan]], {{convert|17|mi|km|abbr=off}} away, is home of the Glenfinnan Monument (Jacobite era) and the famous [[Glenfinnan Viaduct]] (as seen on a Bank Of Scotland £10 note<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknoteapp/BoS_10.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828004915/http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknoteapp/BoS_10.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-08-28 |title=Bank of Scotland £10 Bridges |publisher=Scotbanks.org.uk |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref>). The viaduct has become known to millions in recent years as the "Harry Potter Bridge" after it featured in the films of the books by J.K. Rowling, specifically ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''. Glenfinnan has also been used in ''[[Charlotte Gray (film)|Charlotte Gray]]'' and ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]''.

===Climate===
Fort William has an oceanic climate (''[[Köppen climate classification#Marine west coast climate|Cfb]]'') with moderate, but generally cool, temperatures and abundant precipitation.<ref>{{Citation |title=Climate of Scotland |date=2024-10-15 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Scotland#/media/File:Scotland_K%C3%B6ppen.png |access-date=2024-10-23 |language=en}}</ref> In the towns immediate vicinity, there are significant variations in elevation, which leads to some uninhabited areas near the town having a subpolar oceanic climate ([[Köppen climate classification#Cfc: Subpolar oceanic climate|Cfc]]), or, at the absolute highest elevations such as [[Ben Nevis]], a tundra climate ([[Köppen climate classification#ET: Tundra climate|ET]]). Fort William does not have an official [[Met Office]] weather station; as such, the values in the table below are simulated, and the record high and low temperatures are not available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gazetteer for Scotland: Climate Information |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/climate_about.html |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.scottish-places.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UK climate averages |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Met Office |language=en}}</ref>
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| location = Fort William, United Kingdom
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 7.1
| Feb high C = 7.5
| Mar high C = 9.4
| Apr high C = 11.1
| May high C = 14.7
| Jun high C = 16.5
| Jul high C = 18.5
| Aug high C = 18.3
| Sep high C = 16.1
| Oct high C = 12.8
| Nov high C = 9.4
| Dec high C = 7.3
|Jan mean C = 4.2
|Feb mean C = 4.3
|Mar mean C = 5.8
|Apr mean C = 7.4
|May mean C = 10.4
|Jun mean C = 12.6
|Jul mean C = 14.7
|Aug mean C = 14.6
|Sep mean C = 12.5
|Oct mean C = 9.4
|Nov mean C = 6.3
|Dec mean C = 4.2
| year mean C = 
| Jan low C = 1.2
| Feb low C = 1.1
| Mar low C = 2.1
| Apr low C = 3.6
| May low C = 6.0
| Jun low C = 8.6
| Jul low C = 10.8
| Aug low C = 10.8
| Sep low C = 8.8
| Oct low C = 6.0
| Nov low C = 3.1
| Dec low C = 1.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 199
|Feb precipitation mm = 140
|Mar precipitation mm = 149
|Apr precipitation mm = 78
|May precipitation mm = 71
|Jun precipitation mm = 71
|Jul precipitation mm = 79
|Aug precipitation mm = 98
|Sep precipitation mm = 129
|Oct precipitation mm = 172
|Nov precipitation mm = 159
|Dec precipitation mm = 159
|year precipitation mm = 1504
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 18
| Feb precipitation days = 14
| Mar precipitation days = 17
| Apr precipitation days = 13
| May precipitation days = 13
| Jun precipitation days = 12
| Jul precipitation days = 14
| Aug precipitation days = 14
| Sep precipitation days = 15
| Oct precipitation days = 18
| Nov precipitation days = 17
| Dec precipitation days = 16
| year precipitation days =181
|Jan sun = 33
|Feb sun = 63
|Mar sun = 90
|Apr sun = 138
|May sun = 183
|Jun sun = 157
|Jul sun = 139
|Aug sun = 132
|Sep sun = 101
|Oct sun = 74
|Nov sun = 43
|Dec sun = 28
|year sun = 1181
| source 1 = scottish-places.info<ref>{{cite web|title=Climate data for Fort William |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townclimate2108.html |publisher=Scottish Places Info |access-date=2024-10-23}}</ref>
| date = August 2022
| source = 
}}

{{Weather box|width=auto
|location = [[Fersit|Tulloch Bridge]],{{efn|Weather station is located {{convert|15.0|mi|1|abbr=out}} from the Fort Williams town centre.}} elevation {{convert|237|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes	
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high C = 13.8 
|Feb record high C = 14.0
|Mar record high C = 19.9
|Apr record high C = 23.4
|May record high C = 26.5
|Jun record high C = 29.9
|Jul record high C = 28.4
|Aug record high C = 29.0
|Sep record high C = 26.4
|Oct record high C = 18.8
|Nov record high C = 16.3
|Dec record high C = 13.9
|Jan record low C = -19.0
|Feb record low C = -17.3
|Mar record low C = -15.0
|Apr record low C = -9.4
|May record low C = -6.3
|Jun record low C = -3.3
|Jul record low C = 0.4
|Aug record low C = -1.8
|Sep record low C = -4.2
|Oct record low C = -7.5
|Nov record low C = -11.7
|Dec record low C = -20.5
|Jan high C = 5.7
|Feb high C = 6.0
|Mar high C = 7.6
|Apr high C = 10.6
|May high C = 14.0
|Jun high C = 16.0
|Jul high C = 17.5
|Aug high C = 17.0
|Sep high C = 14.9
|Oct high C = 11.2
|Nov high C = 8.0
|Dec high C = 5.9
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 2.8
|Feb mean C = 2.9
|Mar mean C = 4.3
|Apr mean C = 6.5
|May mean C = 9.3
|Jun mean C = 11.8
|Jul mean C = 13.5
|Aug mean C = 13.1
|Sep mean C = 11.2
|Oct mean C = 8.0
|Nov mean C = 5.1
|Dec mean C = 2.7
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = -0.1
|Feb low C = -0.2
|Mar low C = 0.9
|Apr low C = 2.4
|May low C = 4.6
|Jun low C = 7.7
|Jul low C = 9.5
|Aug low C = 9.3
|Sep low C = 7.5
|Oct low C = 4.8
|Nov low C = 2.2
|Dec low C = -0.5
|year low C = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 250.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 186.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 154.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 103.3
|May precipitation mm = 95.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 88.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 94.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 108.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 129.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 191.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 203.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 222.8
|year precipitation mm= 1826.8
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 19.6
|Feb precipitation days = 17.7
|Mar precipitation days = 18.0
|Apr precipitation days = 15.2
|May precipitation days = 14.5
|Jun precipitation days = 14.6
|Jul precipitation days = 16.0
|Aug precipitation days = 16.4
|Sep precipitation days = 16.4
|Oct precipitation days = 19.5
|Nov precipitation days = 19.7
|Dec precipitation days = 19.1
|year precipitation days= 206.5
|source 1 = Met Office<ref name = metoffice>{{cite web |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gfhesb7dr |title=Tulloch Bridge (Highland) UK climate averages |publisher=Met Office |accessdate=21 March 2020 }}</ref>
| source 2 = Starlings Roost Weather<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://starlingsroost.ddns.net/weather/ukobs/temp_month_record_tmax_map.php
|title= Monthly Extreme Maximum Temperature, Monthly Extreme Minimum Temperature
|publisher= Starlings Roost Weather
|access-date= 17 December 2024
|archive-date= 1 February 2023
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230201173843/http://starlingsroost.ddns.net/weather/ukobs/temp_month_record_tmax_map.php
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>
}}