Auldearn is a small village a couple of miles east of Nairn, sitting on fertile farmland near the shore of the Moray Firth in the Highland area of Scotland. The settlement is compact, with stone houses, hedged fields and nearby woods, and the River Nairn runs close by; the North Atlantic Drift helps keep the local climate relatively mild, which suits agriculture and coastal wildlife.
The village is best known historically for the 1645 Battle of Auldearn, a notable engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and the locality has older Pictish and rural Scottish roots. Today the economy is largely agricultural with many people commuting to Nairn or Inverness, and it attracts visitors interested in military history, birdwatching on the firth and a quiet community life centred on the church and village hall.
Postcode districts covering Auldearn
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Nairn Place 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Nairn and Cawdor Ward 5 miles8.1 km
- South Forres Place 7 miles11.3 km
- Forres Place 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Ardersier Place 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Findhorn Place 9.5 miles15.3 km
Example postcodes in Auldearn
IV12 5TA, IV12 5TB, IV12 5TH, IV12 5TD, IV12 5SY, IV12 5SZ, IV12 5TN, IV12 5TW, IV12 5TF … See all
Transport links
- Inverness Airport 9.2 miles14.7 km
- Aberdeen Airport 65.3 miles105.1 km
- Nairn Railway Station 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Forres Railway Station 7.2 miles11.5 km
Hotels near Auldearn Ad
- The Clubhouse B&B 4 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Westerlea Hotel 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The Bandstand 3 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Aurora Hotel & Italian Restaurant 2 2.5 miles4 km
- Golf View Hotel & Spa 4 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Muthu Newton Hotel (Near Inverness Airport) 4 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Courtyard by Marriott Inverness Airport 4 9.9 miles15.9 km
- 4 Varis Apartments 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Ramnee Hotel 8.1 miles13 km
- The Carisbrooke 8.3 miles13.4 km
Schools in Auldearn
- Auldearn Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Dunphail House Estate 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Culbin Sandhills Hill 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Altyre House Estate 7.7 miles12.5 km
- Aucheorn Estate 8 miles12.9 km
- Glenferness House Estate 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Findhorn Foundation Universal Hall Theatre 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Drynachan Lodge Estate 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Dunskeath House Estate 11.2 miles18 km
- Castle Stuart Estate 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Geanies House Estate 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Arrie Wood Forest 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Craigiehowe Wood Forest 15.5 miles25 km