Forres

E526827
settlement town

Forres is a historic town in northeastern Scotland known for its ancient monuments and links to Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Forres (traditional attribution) 1
Forres, Moray, Scotland 1
town of Forres 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeArea Moray Council area NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
dialCode 01309 ⓘ
distanceToElgin about 12 miles west ⓘ
distanceToInverness about 25 miles east ⓘ
governedBy Moray Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory Royal burgh in Scotland ⓘ
hasEvent Forres Highland Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piping at Forres (former World Pipe Band Championships venue) ⓘ
hasGreenSpace Grant Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanquhar Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance historic town ⓘ
hasLandmark Cluny Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forres Tolbooth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nelson’s Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Laurence Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sueno’s Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Brodie Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dallas Dhu Distillery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea IV ⓘ
hasPostTown FORRES NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Forres railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStatus former royal burgh ⓘ
historicCounty Morayshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor ancient monuments ⓘ
links to Shakespeare’s Macbeth ⓘ
latitudeApprox 57.61 N ⓘ
locatedIn Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern Scotland ⓘ
locatedNear River Findhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Findhorn Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
longitudeApprox 3.61 W ⓘ
mentionedIn Shakespeare’s Macbeth NERFINISHED ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Moray (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayLine Inverness–Aberdeen line NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Scottish Highlands and Islands (electoral region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
scottishParliamentConstituency Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moray → containsSettlement → Forres ⓘ
Elgin → hasNearbyTown → Forres ⓘ
Aberdeen–Inverness railway line → passesThrough → Forres ⓘ
Moray, Scotland → containsSettlement → Forres ⓘ
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan → associatedWithPlace → Forres ⓘ
Dub of Scotland → deathPlace → Forres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forres (traditional attribution)
Dub of Scotland → associatedWith → Forres ⓘ
Shirley Henderson → birthPlace → Forres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forres, Moray, Scotland
Findhorn Bay → locatedNear → Forres ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of Forres