Photo of Forres, a village in Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

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Forres

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Forres regularly wins Britain in Bloom, and its parks and flower displays are reason enough to stop. On the eastern edge of the town stands Sueno’s Stone, a 6.5-metre Pictish cross-slab carved with ranks of warriors, the tallest of its kind in Scotland and now protected under glass. The station is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line, and the beach village of Findhorn is just to the north.

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Photo of Benromach Distillery, a distillery near Forres, Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Benromach Distillery

Distillery near Forres

Small traditional distillery at Forres, Speyside's smallest, hand-operated and owned by Gordon & MacPhail.

0.6 km N

Photo of Grant Park and Cluny Hill, a garden near Forres, Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Grant Park and Cluny Hill

Garden near Forres

Forres's award-winning floral park, famous for elaborate sculptural bedding displays each summer.

0.9 km NE

Photo of Findhorn Bay Local Nature Reserve, a nature reserve in Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Findhorn Bay Local Nature Reserve

Nature reserve near Findhorn

Large tidal basin near Forres important for wintering wildfowl and waders, with hides and shore paths.

4.5 km N

Photo of Findhorn Beach, a beach in Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Findhorn Beach

Beach near Findhorn

Miles of pale sand and dunes at the mouth of Findhorn Bay, good for seals, seabirds and dolphins.

6.2 km N

Photo: Randolph's Leap, a viewpoint near Forres, Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Randolph's Leap

Viewpoint near Forres

Dramatic wooded gorge where the River Findhorn narrows to a rocky leap, on the Moray-Highland border near Forres.

9.6 km S

Photo: Burghead Promontory and Well, a viewpoint in Moray, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Burghead Promontory and Well

Viewpoint near Burghead

Headland site of a great Pictish fort, with an early rock-cut well and sweeping Moray Firth views.

12.9 km NE