Inchture

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{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

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| country = Scotland

| official_name = Inchture

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| coordinates = {{coord|56.445868|-3.167898|display=inline,title}}

| gaelic_name = Innis Tùir

| unitary_scotland = Perth and Kinross

| lieutenancy_scotland = Perth and Kinross

| constituency_westminster = Perth and North Perthshire

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Perthshire North

| post_town = PERTH

| postcode_district = PH14

| postcode_area = PH

| dial_code = 01828

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Image:Inchture Church.JPG church, photo taken from the main street, facing east]]

Inchture ({{langx|gd|Innis Tùir}}){{Cite web|title=Inchture|url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/inchture/|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.ainmean-aite.scot}} is a village in Scotland between Dundee and Perth on the northern side of the Firth of Tay.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 53 Blairgowrie & Forest of Alyth|ISBN= 9780319231210 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}} It is approximately {{convert|9|mi|km|spell=in}} from Dundee city centre and {{convert|13|mi|km}} from Perth. The village is bypassed by on the A90 trunk road and benefits from a flyover (grade-separated) junction onto the road making it popular with commuters working in Dundee and further afield.

Inchture is a prosperous village with a wide range of housing. The village comprises a post office, a SPAR store, hotel, a primary school and nursery, community centre, a church. a bowling club, a beauticians and a coffee shop. There are approximately 100 original houses in the village and additional homes have been constructed by Muir Homes, Barratt Homes and [https://scotia-homes.co.uk Scotia Homes]. The population is approximately 1500, with an active Community Council and much community engagement including an annual Village Fete.

Inchture is situated within the Carse of Gowrie.{{cite web|title=Scottish Places: Inchture|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parhistory534.html|website=www.scottish-places.info|access-date=4 April 2016}}

Inchture is twinned with the village of Fléac near Angoulême in France.

At the north end of the village is a lodge and avenue that formerly led to the mansion of Rossie Priory, now cut off by the modern A90. This avenue is lined on both sides by giant redwood trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum). These were planted in 1853, and are the first known examples of the species successfully cultivated outside North America.

An Episcopal Church, All Souls, was opened in 1896, the foundation stone having been laid four years earlier. Before this, the local Episcopalians had worshiped at a chapel on the Rossie Estate and later at a mission in Invergowrie.{{cite web |title=BrMS 19 All Souls Church, Invergowrie |url=https://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%27brms%2019%27%29 |website=Archive Services Online Catalogue |publisher=University of Dundee |access-date=3 December 2019}}

Near Inchture is Ballindean House,{{cite web |title=Ballindean House {{!}} ScotlandsPlaces |url=https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/hes/160268/ballindean-house/rcahms |website=scotlandsplaces.gov.uk |access-date=3 August 2018 |language=en}} significant for its association with John Wedderburn of Ballendean (NB spelling) and his slave Joseph Knight and thus with the cause of abolitionism in the United Kingdom.