Knockando ( gd, Cnoc Cheannachd) is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is a farming centre and the location of both the

Knockando distillery Knockando distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery, located in Knockando, Moray, in the Strathspey whisky-producing area of Scotland. Knockando Distillery was built by John Tytler Thomson in 1898, and is named after the village in ...

and the

Tamdhu distillery Tamdhu distillery is a single malt Scotch Speyside whisky distillery, located in the village of Knockando in Banffshire, Scotland. Tamdhu comes from Gaelic for "little dark hill". The distillery was founded in 1896 by a group of assemblers, wishi ...

. It is also the location of

Knockando Woolmill The Knockando Woolmill is a historic woolmill in Moray, Scotland. Wool production has taken place at the site since at least the eighteenth century, and the surviving buildings house a number of pieces of historic machinery which are still in ...

, which has been producing textiles since 1784 and which achieved national fame as a finalist in the second series of the BBC's '' Restoration'' television series in 2004.Knockando Woolmill Trust and Company
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Notable people

* John Mackenzie (1835–1899), missionary to South Africa, born in Knockando parish * James William Grant FRSE (1788–1865), astronomer Sir Archibald Levin Smith is buried in Knockando churchyard having died of a broken heart two months after his wife drowned nearby in the River Spey.

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Villages in Moray {{Moray-geo-stub

Notable people

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