Loch Leven, Highland

This 17km (11 mile) long loch stretches from Kinlochleven in the east to Loch Linnhe. The bridge between South and North Ballachulish, at the western end of the loch, taking the A82 between Glen Coe and Fort William, replaced the ferry. An alternative route is to follow the B863 from Glencoe village, east to Kinlochleven and then west again to North Ballachulish where it joins the A82.

From South Ballachulish the A828 heads south west, along the shore of Loch Linnhe, through Appin - the area between Loch Leven and Glen Creran. The road crosses Loch Creran, into Benderloch, and continues south west to the bridge over Loch Etive at Connel - here it joins the A85 that heads south west to Oban.

The River Leven flows from the Blackwater Reservoir into Loch Leven. The reservoir was formed when the Black Water was damned to provide power to the aluminium works at Kinlochleven - established 1905-9 and closed in 2000. Power is now provided to the Lochaber Aluminium Smelter in Fort William - the surplus goes to the National Grid.

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