Editing Plockton (section)

{{Short description|Village in the Scottish Highlands}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name                    = Plockton
| gaelic_name                      = Am Ploc
| static_image_name = Plockton - geograph.org.uk - 7345545.jpg
| static_image_alt = White painted cottages alongside a sea inlet, with grazing and trees behind taken from high up on a nearby crag, backed by a seascape having small islets in distance
| static_image_caption = Plockton as viewed from the bay 
| country                          = Scotland
| map_type                         = Scotland
| population                       = 378
| population_density               =
| os_grid_reference                = NG803334
| edinburgh_distance               = 
| london_distance                  = 
| coordinates                      = {{coord|57.33801|-5.65231|display=inline,title}}
| post_town                        = PLOCKTON
| postcode_area                    = IV
| postcode_district                = IV52
| dial_code                        = 01599
| constituency_westminster         = [[Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire]]
|community_scotland = Plockton<ref>{{cite web |title=Plockton Community Council Website |url=https://www.plockton.org/community-council/ |website = Plockton Community Council |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref>
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Ross and Cromarty]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch]]
| website                          = {{URL|https://www.plockton.org/|Plockton & District Community website}} 
}}
'''Plockton''' ({{langx|gd|Am Ploc/Ploc Loch Aillse}}) is a village in the Lochalsh, Wester Ross area of the [[Scottish Highlands]] with a 2020 population of 468.<ref>{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Sally |newspaper=[[The Sunday Post]] |date=2020-05-17 |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/plockton/ |access-date=2021-05-02 |title=The lost year: Holiday villagers of Plockton on the true cost of lockdown}}</ref> Plockton settlement is on the shores of [[Loch Carron]]. It faces east, away from the prevailing winds; this, together with the [[North Atlantic current|North Atlantic Drift]], gives it a mild climate despite the far-north latitude, allowing the [[Cordyline australis]] cabbage tree to prosper.