Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North

Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North is a building in Moray, Scotland, which is located on RAF Lossiemouth. Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North is situated near the ruins Drainie Old Parish Church, as well as near the aerodrome Lossiemouth Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lossiemouth Airport and Covesea Skerries Lighthouse.

Lossiemouth Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Pemm, Public domain.

Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station located on the western edge of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, north-east Scotland.

Covesea Skerries Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Pemm, Public domain.

Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board, is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the Moray Firth at Covesea, near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. Covesea Skerries Lighthouse is situated 1 mile north of Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North.

Gordonstoun

School

Photo: Nibaba, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 1¼ miles southwest of Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duffus and Lossiemouth.

Duffus

Village

Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Duffus is a village and parish in Moray, Scotland. It is best known for the nearby Duffus Castle, St. Peters' Kirk, and Spynie Palace. Duffus is situated 2 miles west of Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North.

Lossiemouth

Photo: Billreid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lossiemouth is a village on the coast of Moray in North East Scotland, with a population in 2016 of 7870. It developed as a fishing port in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the harbour is small and that industry has gone.

Hopeman

Village

Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Hopeman is situated 3½ miles west of Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North.

Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) North

Type: Building
Address: RAF Lossiemouth, IV31 6SD
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.7101° or 57° 42′ 36″ north

Longitude

-3.34248° or 3° 20′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C9RPM65+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 935755986

OpenStreetMap feature

building=military

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Drainie Old Parish Church and Drainie Old Parish Church Burial Ground.

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