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Newtonmore ( ) is a village of approximately 1100 inhabitants in Badenoch, within the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland.
Newtonmore is located within the Cairngorms National Park, approximately south-west of Kingussie and south-west of Aviemore. It is on the northeastern bank of the River Spey, between the River Calder and the Allt Lairaidh, at an altitude of approximately .
In 1756, a bridge was constructed over the River Spey at the confluence of the River Calder near Ralia, largely replacing the ferry downstream at Ruthven. The road to Kingussie was realigned along the north bank of the Spey and the village founded by James Macpherson of Belleville to house dispossessed tenantry, the first houses being built in 1820 where the Perth-Inverness Road met the old drove road to Laggan, between the River Calder and the Allt Laraidh.Taylor, David (2022). The People Are not there: The Transformation of Badenoch 1800 - 1863, John Donald, Edinburgh, p. 72 - 74,
The settlement was sometimes known as Benchar Village before being named Newtonmore, which simply means "new town (on/of the) moor".
Newtonmore is the site of the open-air Highland Folk Museum since the 1980s. It is located on Kingussie Road, on the eastern outskirts of the village.
The village is also home to the Clan Macpherson House and Museum, situated at the junction of Perth Road, Laggan Road and Main Street. The museum opened in 1952, with the exhibition mainly containing items from the nearby Cluny Castle which had recently been sold. The displays in the museum were significantly reworked in 1984–1985 and in winter 2004–2005.
The Newtonmore Highland games and Clan Macpherson Rally are held every year at The Eilan, on the first Saturday in August. The first games were held in October 1945 on the golf course, but moved to their present venue in 1950. A central part of the event is the Creag Dhubh hill race.
Newtonmore was one of the locations used in the filming of the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen and is in Monarch Country.
Between 1989 and 2011, a music, light and water fountain show called Waltzing Waters operated in the village. This was opened by local businessman Alex Donald decided a new attraction was required to bring visitors to the village after it was bypassed by the A9, and seeing a similar display on holiday in Florida. The site was redeveloped into a larger store for Co-op Food plus five houses.
Newtonmore railway station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line. It is also served by the Caledonian Sleeper between London and Inverness.
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