Inverness Floral Hall

A Few Interesting Facts About Inverness Highland   by Simon Haughtone

Inverness Highland is one of the best places from where tourists can tour the rest of Scotland. It is certainly a wonderful city that boasts of both suspension bridges and also quaint old buildings made out of stone. It is also well known for its floral achievements having won many an award in the Bloom of Britain competition.

You can walk down the banks of the River Ness towards the Caledonian Council which will bring you to Ness Islands where it is possible to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. If you cross the river you will come to Bught Park and close to this lies Floral Hall where you can see sub tropical horticultural life comprising of waterfalls and fish and different varieties of plants and trees.

If you would like to swim or exercise in a gym or climb walls then you should visit Inverness Leisure Centre.

The history of Inverness Highlands is long and interesting. The history of Inverness began in the form of a fort but today it is a city that accommodates sixty plus thousand people. Inverness also had five amazing castles one of which was seized by Robert the Bruce who took it from the English in the year 1307.

Later, in the sixteenth century Mary Queen of Scots ordered the hanging of the Governor of Inverness Castle because the Governor did not permit the Queen to enter the Burgh. Inverness is also famous because Bonnie Prince Charles was defeated in the well known Battle of Culloden which took place in 1746.

After this battle another fort was erected and was called Fort George which is even today considered the most outstanding eighteenth century fort in all of Europe. Some years later the Caledonian Canal was built to link Inverness to the west coast of the country. Other famous period buildings in Inverness include the Inverness Town House and there is also Old St. Stephens Parish Church.

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