Culloden Battlefield is where the last battle was fought on British soil, between the armies of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Hanoverian Duke of Cumberland in 1746.
In 2002 the modern housing estates of Smithton and Culloden in Inverness are the scene of another struggle which has nothing to do with flesh and blood!
The congregation of Smithton-Culloden is part of the Free Church of Scotland and is a vibrant and growing congregation which aims to be both contemporary and Reformed. The church was started in the late 1970s when the area was booming with many jobs created in the oil rig construction industry. At first services were held in an old and very uninspiring local hall. In the early days there was little growth and the clear potential of the area was not being exploited. In 1983 the Free Church designated the congregation as a 'Church Extension Charge' which meant that the denomination was prepared to fund a full-time minister, a manse and also a church building. A year later David Meredith was appointed as the first minister of the congregation.
