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 miles14.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Aberlour Place 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Dufftown Place 6.2 miles10 km
- Fochabers Lhanbryde Ward 7 miles11.3 km
- Fochabers Place 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Mosstodloch Place 7.4 miles12 km
- Lhanbryde Place 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Elgin City South Ward 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Elgin Place 9 miles14.6 km
- Speyside Glenlivet Ward 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Keith Place 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Elgin City North Ward 9.5 miles15.3 km
Example postcodes in Rothes
AB38 7BP, AB38 7AP, AB38 7BU, AB38 7BY, AB38 7BA, AB38 7AA, AB38 7AZ, AB38 7AT, AB38 7AS … See all
Transport links
- Inverness Airport 31.2 miles50.3 km
- Aberdeen Airport 43.8 miles70.4 km
- Elgin Railway Station 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Keith Railway Station 9.5 miles15.2 km
Hotels near Rothes Ad
- The Station Hotel 4 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Highlander Inn 3 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The Mash Tun 4 miles6.5 km
- Craigellachie Hotel of Speyside 4 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The Dowans Hotel of Speyside 4.3 miles7 km
- The Aberlour Hotel 4 miles6.4 km
- Whisky Capital Inn 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Laichmoray Hotel 3 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Sunninghill 4 9.1 miles14.7 km
- The Mansefield Hotel 4 9.2 miles14.9 km
Schools in Rothes
- Rothes Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Drummuir Castle Estate 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Borough Briggs Stadium 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Glenfiddich Lodge Estate 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Duffus House Estate 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Blackwater Lodge Estate 14 miles22.5 km
- Altyre House Estate 14.9 miles23.9 km
- Aucheorn Estate 16.1 miles25.8 km
- Huntly Lodge Estate 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Dunphail House Estate 16.7 miles26.8 km
- Findhorn Foundation Universal Hall Theatre 16.8 miles27 km
- Hills of Cromdale Hill 17.5 miles28.2 km