Hopeman
Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gordonstoun and Burghead Transmitting Station.
Gordonstoun
School
Gordonstoun School is a co-educational private school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and his son Charles III attended the school. Gordonstoun is situated 2½ miles east of Hopeman.
Burghead Transmitting Station
Building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cummingston and Duffus.
Cummingston
Village
Cummingston is located in Moray on the north-east coast of Scotland. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic an Coileach meaning "eddy".
Duffus
Village
Duffus is a village and parish in Moray, Scotland. It is best known for the nearby Duffus Castle, St. Peters' Kirk, and Spynie Palace.
Burghead
Village
Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides. Burghead is situated 2 miles west of Hopeman.
Hopeman
- Type: Village with 1,710 residents
- Description: village in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.70733° or 57° 42′ 26″ north
Longitude
-3.43314° or 3° 25′ 59″ west
Population
1,710
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Inception
1805
United Nations Location Code
GB HOP
Open location code
9C9RPH48+WP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Hopeman” goes by many names.
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