Knockando
Knockando is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is a farming centre and the location of both the Knockando distillery and the Tamdhu distillery. It is also the location of Knockando Woolmill, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Knockando, Moray”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tamdhu distillery and Knockando Woolmill.
Tamdhu distillery
Distillery
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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".
Knockando Woolmill
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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 operation.
Knockando distillery
Distillery
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Knockando distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery, located in Knockando, Moray, in the Strathspey whisky-producing area of Scotland. Knockando Distillery is named after the village in which it stands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Archiestown and Aberlour.
Archiestown
Village
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Archiestown is a small village in Moray, Scotland, named in honour of its founder Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk. It is a typical 18th century planned village with a grid street-plan and spacious square. Archiestown is situated 3 miles northeast of Knockando.
Aberlour
Village
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Aberlour is a town in Moray, Scotland, 12 miles south of Elgin on the road to Grantown. The Lour burn is a tributary of the River Spey, and it and the surrounding parish are both named Aberlour, but the name is more commonly used in reference to the village which straddles the stream and flanks the Spey – although the full name of the village is Charlestown of Aberlour. Aberlour is situated 4½ miles east of Knockando.
Advie
Village
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Advie is a small village in Strathspey, in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. It lies to the south of the River Spey, and next to the A95 road, roughly halfway between Grantown-on-Spey and Aberlour. Advie is situated 6 miles southwest of Knockando.
Knockando
- Category: village
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Knockando” goes by many names.
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