River Fiddich

The River Fiddich is a right bank tributary of the River Spey in northeast Scotland. It rises on the eastern slopes of Corriehabbie Hill in Glenfiddich Forest and flows northeastwards beneath the A941 road, past Auchindoun Castle to a sharp bend adjacent to the A920 road where it turns westwards to flow to Dufftown.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mortlach Parish Church and Dufftown distillery.

Mortlach Parish Church

Church

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Mortlach Parish Church is a church within the Church of Scotland serving the parish of Mortlach, in Moray, close to the village of Dufftown. The site of the church has long been associated with Christianity, going back perhaps as far as 566 when St Moluag is said to have founded a religious community there.

Dufftown distillery

Distillery

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Dufftown distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. Founded in 1895 as "Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery", the distillery is currently owned by Diageo.

Stephen Cottage Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stephen Hospital is a cottage hospital in Dufftown, Moray, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dufftown and Maggieknockater.

Dufftown

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Dufftown is a village in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. Together with the villages of Craigellachie and Rothes to the north, it has a formidable collection of whisky distilleries, and many can be toured.

Maggieknockater

Hamlet

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Maggieknockater is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the Moray council area, in the county of Banffshire. Until the early 1970s there was a large apiary which was well known in the region and has lived on in the Scottish country dance "The Bees of Maggieknockater". Maggieknockater is situated 4½ miles north of River Fiddich.

Craigellachie

Village

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Craigellachie is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich, in walking distance of the town of Aberlour. Craigellachie is situated 4½ miles northwest of River Fiddich.

River Fiddich

Type: Stream
Description: river in Moray, Scotland, UK, tributary of the River Spey at Craigellachie
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.43333° or 57° 26′ north

Longitude

-3.11667° or 3° 7′ west

Elevation

807 feet (246 metres)

Open location code

9C9RCVMM+88

GeoNames ID

2649473

Wikidata ID

Q7337417

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“River Fiddich” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “River Fiddich”
Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فيديتش”
German: “Fiddich”
Irish: “Abhainn Fhiodhaich”
Japanese: “フィディック川”
Japanese: “フィディッチ川”
Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Fhiodhaich”
Slovenian: “Fiddich”
Swedish: “River Fiddich”
Welsh: “Afon Fiddich”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kirktown of Mortlach and Glen Rinnes.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cats Craig and Stephen Hospital.

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