Ferness ( gd, Feàrnais) is a settlement and rural area in Strathdearn, in the council area of

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

. The settlement is situated in a forested area of the valley of the

River Findhorn The River Findhorn (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Fionn Èireann) is one of the longest rivers in Scotland. 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 riv ...

at the crossroads of the

A939 The A939 'Lecht Road' connects the A96 road, A96 at Nairn on the Moray Coast with the A95 road, A95 Grantown on Spey, then it continues to the A93 road, A93 at Ballater by way of the Grampian Mountains, passing Tomintoul and the Lecht Ski Centre ...

Nairn Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the tradit ...

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Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey ( gd, Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, Counties of Scotland, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairng ...

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Forres Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...

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Carrbridge Carrbridge ( sco, Carrbrig, gd, Drochaid Chàrr) is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 on the A938, west of Skye of Curr and southeast of Tomatin, near Bogroy. It has the oldest stone bridge in ...

roads."Ordnance Survey of Nairnshire"
Indexes to the County Series Maps, Scotland. 1854–1886. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

Notable People

John Baird Simpson Dr John Baird Simpson FRSE FGS (January 14, 1894 – June 28, 1960), was a Scottish geologist. He was President of the Edinburgh Geological Society 1950-52 and was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1954. Life Sim ...

was born and raised here. *

Ellie Stone Ellie Stone is a British and Scottish track cyclist. Cycling career Stone became a double British champion when winning the Time Trial and Keirin events at the 2022 British National Track Championships. Stone also competed alongside Aileen McG ...

In popular culture

Ferness was at the centre of the story in the 1983 comedy-drama Local Hero.

References

Populated places in the County of Nairn {{Highland-geo-stub