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Town in Scotland
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Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous (it's unclear whatever for) to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria. Forres has whisky distilleries that can be visited and an elegant castle, but Ptolemy wasn't to know that.
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Monument to Admiral Horatio Nelson at the summit of Cluny Hill in Grant Park, completed in 1812. In summer you can climb to the top for great views over Moray Firth - the Red Ensign (the Merchant "Red Duster") is flown whenever the tower is open.
Collection of restored 19th / 20th century mechanical dolls and similar contraptions, some for sale.
Distillery producing Speyside single malt whisky. Production has been in fits and starts since 1900, with the latest run from 1998 and capacity 400,000 litres of cask strength whisky per annum. Tours and shop are closed until 2022.
This distillery operated between 1899 and 1983. It's now a museum, showing production techniques of the early 20th century.
16th-century tower house, expanded into a grand mansion in the early 19th century. It has a collection of historic furniture, porcelain and paintings. The surrounding grounds include landscaped gardens (extra fee), the national daffodil collection, woodland walks, and the Pictish "Rodney's Stone". The place is sometimes booked out as a wedding venue.
Child-friendly real ale pub and restaurant on riverside, a block north of Main St. It's variously been a mill, laundry, joiner's yard and undertakers.
Open Apr-Oct, this park accepts tourers and campers - other parks around Forres are just static caravans on long-term lets.
Restaurant with seven rooms in a Victorian mansion.
Smart hotel in an Edwardian villa, good dining, dog-friendly.
Comfy inn and gastropub on the main road to Nairn.
3-room B&B in a tastefully converted Victorian church manse.
The Loft is an events venue, with a woodland campsite that gets great reviews.
Trains run every couple of hours from Inverness via the airport (INV) and Nairn to Forres, taking 30 min, and continuing to Elgin, Keith, Huntly, Inverurie, Dyce and Aberdeen (another 90 min).
Read in the guideIt's a small town, so it is easily walkable on foot. Bus 10 (above) takes you to Brodie Castle. Bus 31 runs hourly between Forres and Findhorn, taking about 30 min.
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