Nelson’s Tower

Nelson’s Tower is a monument in Moray, Scotland. Nelson’s Tower is situated near Forres Police Station, as well as near Grant Park playground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sueno’s Stone and Forres railway station.

Sueno’s Stone

Photo: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres in height. Sueno’s Stone is situated 1,700 feet north of Nelson’s Tower.

Forres railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forres railway station serves the town of Forres, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen–Inverness line, between Nairn and Elgin, measured 119 miles 42 chains from Perth via the Dava route. Forres railway station is situated 1 mile west of Nelson’s Tower.

Mosset Park

Sports venue

Photo: Suxamethonium, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mosset Park is a football ground in the town of Forres in the north-east of Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Forres Mechanics F.C. Mosset Park is situated 2,800 feet west of Nelson’s Tower.

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 2 miles northeast of Nelson’s Tower.

Rafford

Village

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Rafford is situated 2½ miles southeast of Nelson’s Tower.

Nelson’s Tower

Opening hours: April–September 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Type: Monument
Categories: building and historic site
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.61142° or 57° 36′ 41″ north

Longitude

-3.6009° or 3° 36′ 3″ west

Established

1806

Open location code

9C9RJ96X+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1149478138

OpenStreetMap feature

building=tower

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Forres Police Station and Grant Park playground.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Grant Park Toilets and Mayfield B&B.

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