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Situated in Viewfield House, Nairn Museum offers visitors and locals alike a fascinating insight into the life and times of the town and surrounding area over the centuries. The wide range of permanent displays featuring various aspects of Nairn’s history are well laid out and informative and, in addition a huge collection of archive material is available for study. Each year there is also a special programme of visiting exhibitions. The Museum particularly welcomes children, providing a range of pick-up-and-touch exhibits and a safe play area.

The most striking thing about Sueno’s Stone is its enormous scale. It stands over 6.5m or 21ft high and carries intricate carvings that completely cover the front and rear faces of the stone, and its sides.

The western or front side of the stone carries a huge ring headed cross, the body and surrounds of which have been filled with interlaced knotwork designs. 

Moray has more than 50 whisky distilleries and the Speyside region has more distilleries than any other part of Scotland. Or the the world for that matter!

Forres is the start of the Malt Whisky Trail, a select collection of nine malt whisky sites that help you discover the story of Speyside’s greatest export. Benromach in Forres is the first stop.

Ballindalloch Castle Golf Course, with its nine holes and 18 tees, provides a fair test for golfers of all standards. The golf course is set on the banks of the Avon River, among 150-year-old trees and with marvellous views of the surrounding purple heather-clad hills and native birch woods.
This Ballindalloch course was designed by Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie, both internationally recognized golf course architects. They created a heady mix of challenging golf and aesthetic appeal, just as they have done at their other famous Scottish design, the Carnegie Course at Skibo Castle.

This superb sandy beach is backed by low sand dunes and a promenade with an open, grassy links area.

Central Beach stretches from The Nairn Golf Club in the West End to the Harbour at Fishertown, with stunning views over the Moray Firth towards Cromarty. You’ll enjoy magnificent sunsets here throughout the year and even more magical glimpses of the Northern Lights in the dark skies over the Firth during winter.

Its coastline is home to a resident school of dolphins. There is also a great range of coastal walks in either direction with a nature reserve at Kingsteps in the east and a viewpoint to the west.

Lying on the east side of Forres High Street, Grant Park and was gifted to the town by Sir Alexander Grant, it has traditional gardens and the floral sculptures form the centrepiece for the Forres entries in the “Britain and Scotland in Bloom” competitions.

The sunken garden was created on the site of Forres House which was destroyed by fire in 1970.

The River Findhorn is one of the longest rivers in Scotland at over 62 miles. Located in the north east, it flows into the Moray Firth on the north coast. It has one of the largest non-firth estuaries in Scotland.The river provides excellent salmon and trout fishing and is popular with anglers from around the globe.

It is also one of Scotland’s classic white water kayaking rivers (varying from grade 2 to 4) and draws canoeists from across the country.

Close to the historic village of Findhorn, this is one of the most popular beaches on the Moray coast. It is a huge stretch of beach with lovely coloured beach huts on it. It is a good place to see seals hauled out at low tide on the sandbank at the mouth of the River Findhorn.

The top of the beach is shingle, so at high tide there is little sand exposed. Well worth a visit, and close to the beach, is the Findhorn Heritage Centre. The village itself has a couple of good pubs, a restaurant, a café and Public Toilets.