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Lossiemouth is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Elgin, 44km from Cawdor Castle.
Lossiemouth is in Scotland, United Kingdom, with about 6,800 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Elgin, about 8 km away.
Lossiemouth (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Losaidh) is a coastal town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separateRead more
communities that eventually merged into one. From 1890 to 1975, it was a police burgh as Lossiemouth and Branderburgh.
Stotfield, the first significant settlement (discounting Kinneddar which has now disappeared), lies to the north west of the town. Next was the Seatown – a small area between the river and the canal inholding of 52 houses, 51 of which are the historic fisher cottages. When the new harbour was built on the River Lossie, the 18th-century planned town of Lossiemouth, built on a grid system, was established on the low ground below the Coulard Hill. Branderburgh formed the final development during the 19th century. This part of the town developed entirely as a result of the new harbour with its two basins, and eventually covered the entire Coulard Hill; it has an impressive profile when seen from a distance.
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Within an hour or so of Lossiemouth: Bow Fiddle Rock (26 km), The Macallan Distillery (27 km), Glenfiddich Distillery (31 km), Cawdor Castle (44 km).
The nearest famous roads are The Lecht (A939 Old Military Road), The Lecht Road (A939) and Cairnwell Pass.
Lossiemouth is in Scotland, United Kingdom, about 8 km from Elgin.
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photogenic
Sea arch shaped like the tip of a fiddle bow, a short walk from the village of Portknockie on the Moray coast. At dawn the quartzite arch glows pink and doubles in the still water; dolphins pass close inshore.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A Speyside distillery with a much-photographed turf-roofed visitor building set into the hillside above the Spey.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The Speyside distillery at Dufftown that is still family-owned and among the largest single malt producers in the world.
31 km · about 35 min drive
castle
A turreted castle near Nairn built around a medieval tower, with a holly tree in the vault and gardens open in summer.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A Highland distillery at Brora on the NC500, next to the silent Brora stills, known for a waxy house style.
48 km · about 55 min drive
castle
A fairytale French-château-style castle with formal gardens and falconry displays on the NC500's east coast.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A famed Highland single malt distillery on the Dornoch Firth near Tain, offering tours and tastings on the NC500.
49 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
One of the best places in Europe to spot bottlenose dolphins from the shore, a spit on the Black Isle near Inverness.
51 km · about 60 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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