Glencoe, Highland

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This article refers to the village: for the glen itself, see Glen Coe.

Glencoe Village (Gaelic: Gleanna Comhann) (Ordnance Survey grid reference NN097587) is the main settlement in Glen Coe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe as it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water arm of Loch Linnhe).

The term 'Glencoe Village' is a recent one (appearing on a few road signs only in the last 20 years). The village occupies an area of the glen known as Carnoch.

The village was, until local government reorganisation, in the county of Argyll.

Sitting on one of the sites where the Massacre of Glencoe took place, the village is surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery and is popular with serious hill-walkers and rock-climbers.