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Forres St. Lawrence is the local cricket club. [42] They are full members in both senior and reserve competitions in the area. [43] Forres Harriers is the local running club with around 80 members. [44] The most famous Harrier is Don Ritchie who at one time held 14 world best times for ultra distance running events ranging from 50 km to 200 km ...
The IV postcode area, also known as the Inverness postcode area, [2] is a group of 52 postcode districts for post towns: Achnasheen, Alness, Avoch, Beauly, Bonar ...
Forres Academy is a comprehensive community school serving the town of Forres, Scotland, and its rural catchment area in west Moray.As in other Scottish schools, pupils are able to leave after the fourth year of schooling; therefore, the fifth and sixth years are not compulsory.
During the nineteenth century fishing predominated. During the 1829 floods known as "The Muckle Spate" five Findhorn fishing boats rescued Forres residents. For a few years (1860-9) there was a branch railway line to Findhorn railway station in the village to take advantage of the herring fleet.
Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies.A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area.
Dyke (Scottish Gaelic: Dìg) is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles west of Forres. The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word dìg, signifying a water drain or ditch. Dyke is situated close to Brodie Castle, Culbin Forest and the River Findhorn. It is ...
It is approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of the town of Forres, and 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of the village of Dallas. The parish church was designed by James Gillespie Graham in 1826. [2] Rafford Village Hall was originally a church, built in 1889, but was bought by the community in 1950 for use as a hall.
By 1941 Kinloss was overcrowded with aircraft belonging to No. 45 MU and No. 19 OTU, therefore a satellite station was constructed at Balnageith, to the south west of the nearby town of Forres. The satellite, known as RAF Forres, opened on 25 January 1941, with 'D' flight of No. 19 OTU and their Whitleys moving in on 27 April 1941 and 'C ...