Dulnain Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Thulnain) is a village in Strathspey, next to the meeting of the River Dulnain and the River Spey, three miles south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, in the Scottish Highlands and the Highland council area.

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Dulnain Bridge
The Dulnain Bridge
Dulnain Bridge Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area
Population	129 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	NH995245
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Grantown-on-Spey
Postcode district	PH26
Dialling code	01479
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland 57.3045°N 3.6651°W / 57.3045; -3.6651

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The bridge was swept away in a flood in 1829, but was re-built. The population is estimated at less than two hundred,^[1] and the surrounding area is popular with tourists, as it is surrounded by mountains. The traditional counties of Inverness-shire and Morayshire are separated by the bridge, which has existed for centuries.

The village lies near to the A95, in the Cairngorms National park. The village comprises two communities. Dulnain Bridge itself is centred to the north of the bridge, and this particular part of the village lies in Morayshire. The crofting community of Skye-of-Curr stretches for a mile to the south, and this is in Inverness-shire.

There are two hotels: Tigh-na-Sgaith and the Muckrach Country House Hotel and Restaurant.^[2] The village hall and church are located on the main road in Dulnain Bridge, next to the village shop and garage. On the other side of the main road is the river, with Dulnain Bridge over it. On the other side of the bridge is a park and children's playground.

There are several golf courses in the area around Dulnain Bridge, including the Boat of Garten course.

Archie is a highland cow who resides in the front field at Muckrach Country House Hotel.^[2] He has made a picture-postcard setting for nearly ten years.

In 2007, nearly two hundred people from Dulnain Bridge and more from the surrounding area gathered to watch or take part in a protest march from the Dulnain Bridge village hall, across the bridge and through much of the village, before returning to the village hall.^[5] The protest took place on 5 July 2007.

The march was the result of a number of villagers' concerns about Dulnain Bridge's absence on official tourist literature and maps. The village was compared to fictional village Brigadoon, a story about a village that appears just once every one hundred years. Organisers of the march spoke of how they thought Dulnain Bridge disappears from people's minds. The march was to raise awareness of the village.

The march was the start of a campaign to get Dulnain Bridge 'on the map'. "The problem for residents is that, like the mythical village of Brigadoon, Dulnain Bridge keeps disappearing from the map," opined one resident. Villagers were disappointed by the village's absence from the map of the Outsider Festival that took place in the Highlands.

The village has had a few well known residents including Charlie Whelan, who worked as an assistant to Gordon Brown for several years, before opting to move north.^[6]

The surrounding forests of Caledonian pines contain many rare species, including birds such as the endangered capercaillie and the main population of twinflower - Linnaea borealis is found in Curr Wood on the southern side of the village. There are Scottish crossbills, crested tits, buzzards, golden eagles and, most famously in the Dulnain Bridge area, ospreys. Red squirrels also reside in the woods.^{[citation needed]}