Rafford
Rafford is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of the town of Forres, and 5.5 miles northwest of the village of Dallas.Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blervie Castle and Dallas Dhu distillery.
Blervie Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blervie Castle is a ruined 16th-century Z-plan tower house, about 2.5 miles south-east of Forres, Moray, Scotland, and about 1 mile north-east of Rafford. Alternative names are Blare; Blarvie; Blairvie; Blervie Tower; and Ulerin.
Dallas Dhu distillery
Museum
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dallas Dhu distillery is a inactive Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Dallas Dhu means "Black Water Valley" in Gaelic. Dallas Dhu distillery is situated 2 miles west of Rafford.
Forres Academy
School
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. Forres Academy is situated 2 miles northwest of Rafford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forres and Kinloss.
Forres
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
Kinloss
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres. Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks, formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939. Kinloss is situated 3½ miles north of Rafford.
Dallas
Village
Photo: Boxersoft, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Dallas is a small village in Moray, Scotland. It is located 12 miles south west of Elgin just off the B9010 road. It has a population of between 150 and 200. Dallas is situated 4 miles southeast of Rafford.
Rafford
- Type: Village with 264 residents
- Description: village in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.5838° or 57° 35′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.5662° or 3° 33′ 58″ westPopulation
264Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
9C9RHCMM+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 438495706OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639703Wikidata ID
Q7282608
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Rafford” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rafford”
- Dutch: “Rafford”
- French: “Rafford”
- Irish: “Ràfard”
- Irish: “Ráthard”
- Irish: “Ràthard”
- Irish: “Ràthfard”
- Swedish: “Rafford”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Rafford and Upper Rafford.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rafford Village Hall and Rafford Parish Church.
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