Tain is a small, historic burgh on the southern shore of the Dornoch Firth in Easter Ross, within the Highland council area of Scotland. The town grew up around the medieval shrine of St Duthac and long-standing royal burgh status, and its compact high street still shows red sandstone buildings, a local museum and a sense of layered history from pilgrimage to coastal trade.
Today Tain combines community life with tourism and industry: the famous Glenmorangie distillery is based here, agriculture remains important in the surrounding countryside, and the town has a station on the Far North Line linking it to Inverness. Its proximity to wildlife-rich shores, nearby Tarbat Ness and golf at Dornoch make it a popular base for visitors while local festivals and markets keep a strong social buzz.
Postcode districts covering Tain
Most populated places nearby
- Inverness 24.6 miles39.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Tain and Easter Ross Ward 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Milton and Kildary Place 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Dornoch Place 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Balintore Place 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Invergordon Place 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Cromarty Place 8.9 miles14.4 km
Example postcodes in Tain
IV19 1ET, IV19 1DP, IV19 1HH, IV19 1JG, IV19 1DT, IV19 1JD, IV19 9AE, IV19 1JW, IV19 1DU … See all
Transport links
- Inverness Airport 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Aberdeen Airport 80.8 miles130.1 km
- Tain Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Fearn Railway Station 3.2 miles5.2 km
Hotels in Tain Ad
- St Duthus Villa Guesthouse 3
- Carnegie Lodge 3
- Mansfield Castle Hotel
- Morangie Hotel
- The Royal Hotel Tain 3
Schools in Tain
- Craighill Primary School Primary
- Knockbreck Primary School - Tain Primary
- St Duthus School Special
- Tain Royal Academy Secondary
Local points of interest
- Tarlogie House Estate 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Skibo Castle Estate 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Geanies House Estate 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Dunskeath House Estate 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Lealty House Estate 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Ardross Castle Estate 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Novar House Estate 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Carbisdale Castle Estate 14.6 miles23.4 km
- Foulis Castle Estate 16.6 miles26.8 km
- Culbin Sandhills Hill 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Arrie Wood Forest 19.4 miles31.3 km
- Victoria Park Stadium 19.8 miles31.9 km