Elgin City North covers the northern suburbs of the county town of Elgin in Moray, combining mainly residential areas with local shops, schools and parks. The ward sits on the banks of the River Lossie and is within easy reach of the Moray Firth, so residents benefit from both town amenities and nearby coastal and rural landscapes.
The area shares in Elgin's long history and market-town character, which attracts visitors to the wider town, and the local economy is a mix of public services, retail and links to agriculture and whisky production; the wider district is associated with distilleries such as Glen Moray. Social life centres on community groups, clubs and local events, while some neighbourhoods face the usual challenges of post-industrial small-town Scotland alongside steady community resilience.
Postcode districts covering Elgin City North
Most populated places nearby
- Elgin 0.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Elgin Place 0.5 miles
- Elgin City South Ward 1 mile
- Heldon and Laich Ward 2.6 miles
- Lhanbryde Place 3.7 miles
- Lossiemouth Place 4.5 miles
- Hopeman Place 5.7 miles
- Fochabers Lhanbryde Ward 6.6 miles
- Burghead Place 6.9 miles
- Mosstodloch Place 7.2 miles
- Garmouth Place 7.5 miles
- Fochabers Place 8.5 miles
- Kinloss Place 9.2 miles
Example postcodes in Elgin City North
IV30 4HU, IV30 5JG, IV30 1BU, IV30 6AH, IV30 4AE, IV30 4GA, IV30 4HE, IV30 9TL, IV30 6HR … See all
Transport links
- Inverness Airport 28.2 miles
- Aberdeen Airport 51.9 miles
- Elgin Railway Station 0.7 miles
- Forres Railway Station 12 miles
Hotels in Elgin City North Ad
- Laichmoray Hotel 3
- The Mansion House Hotel 4
- Sunninghill Hotel 4
- Premier Inn Elgin 3
- The Royal Hotel-Elgin
- The Mansefield Hotel 4
- The Pines Guesthouse 3
- Taigh Mor
- Eight Acres Hotel 3
Schools in Elgin City North
- Bishopmill Primary School Primary
- East End Primary School Primary
- Elgin Academy Secondary
- Linkwood Primary School Primary
- Seafield Primary School Primary
- St Sylvester's RC Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Borough Briggs Stadium 0.3 miles
- Duffus House Estate 3.4 miles
- Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 4.7 miles
- Findhorn Foundation Universal Hall Theatre 10.4 miles
- Altyre House Estate 12.2 miles
- Culbin Sandhills Hill 13.1 miles
- Aucheorn Estate 15.7 miles
- Dunphail House Estate 16 miles
- Drummuir Castle Estate 16.1 miles
- Sunnyside Beach Beach 19.9 miles