River Nairn
The River Nairn is a 35 mile long river in the Scottish Highlands.Photo: Ian R Maxwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Highland, Scotland, UK, flows into the Moray Firth at Nairn
- Also known as: “Abhainn Narann”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nairn railway station and Nairn Library.
Nairn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nairn railway station is a railway station serving the town of Nairn in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, between Forres and Inverness Airport, measured 128 miles 72 chains from Perth via the former Dava route.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nairn and Auldearn.
Nairn
Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nairn is a seaside resort east of Inverness in The Great Glen and Strathspey Region of Highland Scotland. In 2020 it had a population of 10,190.
Auldearn
Village
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auldearn is a village situated east of the River Nairn, just outside Nairn in the Highland council area of Scotland. It takes its name from William the Lion's castle of Eren, built there in the 12th century. Auldearn is situated 2 miles east of River Nairn.
Culcharry
Village
Culcharry is a small residential settlement, close to the village of Cawdor and the hamlet of Brackla, lying 4 miles southwest of Nairn, in Nairnshire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Culcharry is situated 4 miles south of River Nairn.
River Nairn
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover River Nairn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“River Nairn” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Abhainn Narann”
- Cebuano: “River Nairn”
- Chinese: “奈恩河”
- Cornish: “Abhainn Narann”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيرن”
- German: “Nairn”
- Irish: “Abhainn Narann”
- Manx: “Abhainn Narann”
- Polish: “Nairn”
- Scots: “River Nairn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Narann”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nairn”
- Swedish: “River Nairn”
- Turkish: “Nairn Nehri”
- Welsh: “Abhainn Narann”
- “Abhainn Narann”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fishertown and Balblair.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Town & County Hospital and Fearn Head.
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