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Moray

Historic county in Scotland

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Overview

Moray is a county in the northeast of Scotland, with Aberdeenshire to its south and east, and Highland region west. It's bounded to the north by the Moray Firth, an arm of the North Sea. It's mostly rural, and in 2019 had a population of 95,520.

Getting there and around

Getting there

For Forres and Elgin the usual approach by air, rail or road is via Inverness. For the southern towns such as Keith, Aberdeen may be a more convenient way in.

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Getting around

Buses follow A96 and link the coastal towns. You need your own wheels for anywhere else.

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TownsA series of small towns line the coast of the Moray Firth. From the west:

Understand"Moray" probably derives from Celtic mori, sea, and treb, settlement. In the 11th century, this was a huge tract of territory, between lowland Alba to the south and Viking Sutherland and the islands to the north.

Get inFor Forres and Elgin the usual approach by air, rail or road is via Inverness. For the southern towns such as Keith, Aberdeen may be a more convenient way in.

Get aroundBuses follow A96 and link the coastal towns. You need your own wheels for anywhere else.

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Stay safeMoray is lowland, with just its southwest edge rising into the Cairngorms, so the main hazards are man-made: traffic, traffic, traffic!

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Moray" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Summary from the Wikipedia article "County of Moray", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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