Rothes is a small town on the banks of the River Spey in the heart of Speyside, within the council area of Moray in north‑east Scotland. It sits amid rolling farmland and commercial conifer plantations at the edge of the Cairngorms foothills and is close to sections of the Speyside Way, so it’s popular with walkers and anglers as well as whisky visitors.
The town is best known for its whisky heritage - several distilleries and cooperages are based here, notably the Glenrothes distillery, making Rothes an important stop on the local whisky tourism circuit such as the Malt Whisky Trail. Historically the settlement grew around agriculture and distilling, and today its compact high street, Victorian buildings and repurposed industrial sites reflect a community balanced between traditional industry, tourism and rural life.
Postcode districts covering Rothes
Most populated places nearby
- Elgin 9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Aberlour Place 4.1 miles
- Dufftown Place 6.2 miles
- Fochabers Lhanbryde Ward 7 miles
- Fochabers Place 7.1 miles
- Mosstodloch Place 7.4 miles
- Lhanbryde Place 7.5 miles
- Elgin City South Ward 8.6 miles
- Elgin Place 9 miles
- Speyside Glenlivet Ward 9.4 miles
- Keith Place 9.4 miles
- Elgin City North Ward 9.5 miles
Example postcodes in Rothes
AB38 7BU, AB38 7BR, AB38 7BX, AB38 7AA, AB38 7AP, AB38 7BE, AB38 7AX, AB38 7AY, AB38 7AU … See all
Transport links
- Inverness Airport 31.2 miles
- Aberdeen Airport 43.8 miles
- Elgin Railway Station 8.9 miles
- Keith Railway Station 9.5 miles
Hotels near Rothes Ad
- The Station Hotel 4 0.2 miles
- Highlander Inn 3 2.7 miles
- Craigellachie Hotel of Speyside 4 2.7 miles
- The Dowans Hotel of Speyside 4.3 miles
- The Aberlour Hotel 4 miles
- Whisky Capital Inn 6.4 miles
- Sunninghill 4 9.1 miles
- Laichmoray Hotel 3 8.9 miles
- The Mansefield Hotel 4 9.2 miles
- The Mansion House Hotel 4 9.4 miles
Schools in Rothes
- Rothes Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Drummuir Castle Estate 7.1 miles
- Borough Briggs Stadium 9.6 miles
- Glenfiddich Lodge Estate 11.4 miles
- Duffus House Estate 12.6 miles
- Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 13.5 miles
- Blackwater Lodge Estate 14 miles
- Altyre House Estate 14.9 miles
- Aucheorn Estate 16.1 miles
- Huntly Lodge Estate 16.6 miles
- Dunphail House Estate 16.7 miles
- Findhorn Foundation Universal Hall Theatre 16.8 miles
- Hills of Cromdale Hill 17.5 miles