Ferness ( gd, Feàrnais) is a settlement and rural area in Strathdearn, in the council area of

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

. The settlement is situated in a forested area of the valley of the River Findhorn at the crossroads of the

A939 The A939 'Lecht Road' connects the A96 road, A96 at Nairn on the Moray Coast with the A95 road, A95 Grantown on Spey, then it continues to the A93 road, A93 at Ballater by way of the Grampian Mountains, passing Tomintoul and the Lecht Ski Centre ...

Nairn Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the tradit ...

– Grantown-on-Spey and B9007

Forres Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...

– Carrbridge roads."Ordnance Survey of Nairnshire"
Indexes to the County Series Maps, Scotland. 1854–1886. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

Notable People

John Baird Simpson Dr John Baird Simpson FRSE FGS (January 14, 1894 – June 28, 1960), was a Scottish geologist. He was President of the Edinburgh Geological Society 1950-52 and was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1954. Life Sim ...

was born and raised here. *

Ellie Stone Ellie Stone is a British and Scottish track cyclist. Cycling career Stone became a double British champion when winning the Time Trial and Keirin events at the 2022 British National Track Championships. Stone also competed alongside Aileen McGl ...

In popular culture

Ferness was at the centre of the story in the 1983 comedy-drama Local Hero.

References

Populated places in the County of Nairn {{Highland-geo-stub