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href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_R%C3%ACgh" title="Port Rìgh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Port Rìgh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portree" title="Portree – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Portree" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portree" title="Portree – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Portree" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portree" title="Portree – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Portree" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_R%C3%ACgh" title="Port Rìgh – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Port Rìgh" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portree" title="Portree – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Portree" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portree" title="Portree – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Portree" 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div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isle_of_Skye_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portree is located in Isle of Skye"><img alt="Portree is located in Isle of Skye" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Isle_of_Skye_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Isle_of_Skye_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Isle_of_Skye_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Isle_of_Skye_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Isle_of_Skye_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Isle_of_Skye_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1334" data-file-height="1424" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.5%;left:48.741%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Portree"><img alt="Portree" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Portree</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/Skye" class="mw-redirect" title="Skye">Isle of Skye</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">2,310 (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=57.428757~-6.194805&lvl=13&sp=Point.57.428757_-6.194805_Portree&sty=s&style=s">NG483454</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></th><td class="infobox-data">152 mi (245 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">475 mi (764 km)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highland_(council_area)" title="Highland (council area)">Highland</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of Scotland">Lieutenancy area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty" title="Ross and Cromarty">Ross and Cromarty</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">PORTREE</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IV_postcode_area" title="IV postcode area">IV51</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01478</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Portree&params=57.412_N_6.192_W_region:GB_type:city(2310)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">57°24′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°11′31″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">57.412°N 6.192°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">57.412; -6.192</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Portree</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Port Rìgh</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈɾiː]</a></span>) is the capital<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and largest town of the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Skye" title="Isle of Skye">Isle of Skye</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Hebrides" title="Inner Hebrides">Inner Hebrides</a> of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MurHeb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MurHeb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Scotland" title="Civil parishes in Scotland">civil parish</a> and lies within the <a href="/wiki/Highland_(council_area)" title="Highland (council area)">Highland council area</a>, around 74 miles (119 km) from its administrative centre of <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>. </p><p>Portree has a harbour, fringed by cliffs, with a pier designed by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Telford" title="Thomas Telford">Thomas Telford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attractions in the town include the former Aros Centre, now the Isle of Skye Candle Co. Visitor Centre,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which celebrates the island's <a href="/wiki/Gaels" title="Gaels">Gaelic</a> heritage. Further arts provision is made through arts organisation <a href="/wiki/ATLAS_Arts" title="ATLAS Arts">ATLAS Arts</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Creative_Scotland" title="Creative Scotland">Creative Scotland</a> regularly-funded organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town also serves as a centre for tourists exploring the island.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 939 people (37.72% of the population) can speak <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a>. </p><p>Portree is connected to the <a href="/wiki/Skye_Bridge" title="Skye Bridge">Skye Bridge</a> by the <a href="/wiki/A87_road" title="A87 road">A87 road</a>, which then leads northwards to <a href="/wiki/Uig,_Snizort" title="Uig, Snizort">Uig</a>. The <a href="/wiki/A855_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A855 road">A855 road</a> also leads north out of the town, passing through villages such as <a href="/wiki/Achachork" title="Achachork">Achachork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staffin" title="Staffin">Staffin</a> and passes the rocky landscape of <a href="/wiki/The_Storr" title="The Storr">the Storr</a> before reaching the landslip of the <a href="/wiki/Quiraing" title="Quiraing">Quiraing</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current name, <i><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Port Rìgh</i></span></i> translates as 'king's port', possibly from a visit by King <a href="/wiki/James_V_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="James V of Scotland">James V of Scotland</a> in 1540. However this etymology has been contested, since James did not arrive in peaceful times. The older name appears to have been <i><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Port Ruighe(adh)</i></span></i>, meaning 'slope harbour'.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the 16th century the settlement's name was Kiltaraglen ('the church of <a href="/wiki/St._Talarican" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Talarican">St. Talarican</a>') from Gaelic <i><span title="Middle Irish (900-1200)-language text"><i lang="mga">Cill Targhlain</i></span></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prehistory_and_archaeology">Prehistory and archaeology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prehistory and archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archaeological investigations in advance of construction of a housing development in 2006–2007, by CFA Archaeology, uncovered evidence of occupation of Portree from the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age_Britain" title="Bronze Age Britain">Early Bronze Age</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Scotland in the Middle Ages">Medieval period</a> (the earliest <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">radiocarbon date</a> was 2570 BC, and the latest was AD 1400). They also found stone tools that indicated people were in the area in the Early to Mid <a href="/wiki/Neolithic_British_Isles" title="Neolithic British Isles">Neolithic</a>, possibly as far back as the Late <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesolithic Britain">Mesolithic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The archaeologists discovered the remains of timber roundhouses, a circular ditch-defined enclosure, miniature <a href="/wiki/Souterrain" title="Souterrain">souterrains</a>, probable standing stone sockets and an assortment of pits. While not many artefacts were recovered there was an assemblage of <a href="/wiki/Bell_Beaker_culture" title="Bell Beaker culture">Beaker pottery</a>. This was the first discovery of a site dating from the Later Bronze Age on the Isle of Skye.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The archaeologists also found evidence of the shooting range that was created in the 1800s with the formation of the Rifle Volunteer movement, set up in 1859 to defend the country against a potential French invasion. The first official unit in Portree was the 8th Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteer Corps, formed in July 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1700s, the town was a popular point of departure for Scots sailing to America to escape poverty. This form of use repeated during the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_potato_famine" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish potato famine">famine</a> in the 1840s. Both times, the town was saved by an influx of boats, often going between mainland Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, who used Portree's pier as a rest point. The town also began exporting fish at this time, which contributed greatly to the local economy. </p><p>The Royal Hotel is the site of MacNab's Inn, the last meeting place of <a href="/wiki/Flora_MacDonald" title="Flora MacDonald">Flora MacDonald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Prince_Charlie" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonnie Prince Charlie">Bonnie Prince Charlie</a> in 1746.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MurHeb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MurHeb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town had the last manual <a href="/wiki/Telephone_exchange" title="Telephone exchange">telephone exchange</a> in the UK, which closed in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2018_07_15_Schottland_(84).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/2018_07_15_Schottland_%2884%29.jpg/220px-2018_07_15_Schottland_%2884%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/2018_07_15_Schottland_%2884%29.jpg/330px-2018_07_15_Schottland_%2884%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/2018_07_15_Schottland_%2884%29.jpg/440px-2018_07_15_Schottland_%2884%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Portree (2018)</figcaption></figure> <p>Portree is considered to be among the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" according to <a href="/wiki/Cond%C3%A9_Nast_Traveler" title="Condé Nast Traveler">Condé Nast Traveler</a> and is visited by many tourists each year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A report published in mid 2020 indicated that visitors added £211 million in a single year to the Isle of Skye's economy, prior to travel restrictions imposed because of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was expected to decline substantially due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. "Skye is highly vulnerable to the downturn in international visitors that will continue for much of 2020 and beyond", Professor John Lennon of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Caledonian_University" title="Glasgow Caledonian University">Glasgow Caledonian University</a> told a reporter in July 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, over 150,000 people stopped at the VisitScotland centre in Portree, a 5% increase over 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overcrowding during peak season was a problem, however, before the pandemic, since it is "the busiest place on the island". One news item recommended that some tourists might prefer accommodations in quieter areas such as Dunvegan, Kyleakin and the Broadford and Breakish area.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2020 reports did not cover tourism in Portree specifically but a December 2018 report by well-known travel writer <a href="/wiki/Rick_Steves" title="Rick Steves">Rick Steves</a> had recommended the village as "Skye’s best home base" for visitors. He indicated that Portree "provided a few hotels, hostels and bed-and-breakfasts in town, while more B&Bs line the roads into and out of town".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tourism bureau added that visitors would appreciate the "banks, churches, cafes and restaurants, a cinema at the Aros Centre, a swimming pool and library, (...) petrol filling stations and supermarkets".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">BBC Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/STV_North" class="mw-redirect" title="STV North">STV North</a> (formerly Grampian Television). Television signals are received from one of the local relay transmitters (Penifiler<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Skriaig<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p><p>Portree is served by nation-wide stations, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a> on 92.9 FM and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Nan_Gaidheal" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal">BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal</a> (for <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Gaelic</a> listeners) on 104.7 FM. The local radio station <a href="/wiki/Radio_Skye" title="Radio Skye">Radio Skye</a> is a community based station that broadcasts to the <a href="/wiki/Isle_Of_Skye" class="mw-redirect" title="Isle Of Skye">Isle Of Skye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loch_Alsh" title="Loch Alsh">Loch Alsh</a> on 106.2 FM and 102.7 FM.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portree now has 6 schools. This includes 2 primary schools (Portree Primary School and Portree Gaelic Primary School) one high school (Portree High School) one nursery (Portree Nursery) one Pre-school (Portree Pre-school) and one college (Portree College). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town plays host to the Isle of Skye's <a href="/wiki/Shinty" title="Shinty">shinty</a> club, <a href="/wiki/Skye_Camanachd" title="Skye Camanachd">Skye Camanachd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They play at <a href="/wiki/Pairc_nan_Laoch" title="Pairc nan Laoch">Pairc nan Laoch</a> above the town on the road to <a href="/wiki/Struan,_Skye" title="Struan, Skye">Struan</a>. </p><p>Portree is home to two football clubs that play in the Skye and Lochalsh amateur football league called Portree and Portree Juniors. </p><p>Portree is now home to a new youth football club, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Skye_Young_Boys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skye Young Boys (page does not exist)">Skye Young Boys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portree&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like most of the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, Portree has an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfb</i>). The nearest weather station to Portree is located at Prabost, approximately <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles (9 km) north-west of Portree. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Prabost (67 metres or 220 feet asl, averages 1981-2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(43.2) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.4<br />(41.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00C300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">211.2<br />(8.31) </td> <td style="background: #00FB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">158.2<br />(6.23) </td> <td style="background: #0FFF0F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">160.4<br />(6.31) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.9<br />(3.70) </td> <td style="background: #88FF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.2<br />(3.12) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.4<br />(3.20) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">106.7<br />(4.20) </td> <td style="background: #3EFF3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">129.3<br />(5.09) </td> <td style="background: #00F800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">169.6<br />(6.68) </td> <td style="background: #00C600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">209.2<br />(8.24) </td> <td style="background: #00BB00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">209.3<br />(8.24) </td> <td style="background: #00D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">197.8<br />(7.79) </td> <td style="background: #1AFF1A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,806.2<br />(71.11) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #0000F1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">21.8 </td> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">21.1 </td> <td style="background: #4343FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.7 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.8 </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #3333FF; 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title="Uigshader">Uigshader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ullinish" title="Ullinish">Ullinish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Breakish" title="Upper Breakish">Upper Breakish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatten,_Skye" title="Vatten, Skye">Vatten</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mountains and hills</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Am_Basteir" title="Am Basteir">Am Basteir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beinn_na_Caillich_(Red_Hills)" title="Beinn na Caillich (Red Hills)">Beinn na Caillich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%A0_Bheinn" title="Blà Bheinn">Blà Bheinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruach_na_Fr%C3%ACthe" title="Bruach na Frìthe">Bruach na Frìthe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clach_Glas" title="Clach Glas">Clach Glas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glamaig" title="Glamaig">Glamaig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healabhal_Bheag" title="Healabhal Bheag">Healabhal Bheag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healabhal_Mh%C3%B2r" title="Healabhal Mhòr">Healabhal Mhòr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_a%27_Ghreadaidh" title="Sgùrr a' Ghreadaidh">Sgùrr a' Ghreadaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_a%27_Mhadaidh" title="Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh">Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_MhicChoinnich" title="Sgùrr MhicChoinnich">Sgùrr MhicChoinnich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_na_Banachdaich" title="Sgùrr na Banachdaich">Sgùrr na Banachdaich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_nan_Gillean" title="Sgùrr nan Gillean">Sgùrr nan Gillean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_Dearg" title="Sgùrr Dearg">Sgùrr Dearg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_a%27_Mhadaidh_Ruaidh" title="Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh Ruaidh">Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh Ruaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsco" title="Marsco">Marsco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quiraing" title="Quiraing">Quiraing/Meall na 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