Forres

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Forres is a historic town in northeastern Scotland known for its ancient monuments and links to Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Forres canonical 26
Forres (traditional attribution) 1
Forres, Moray, Scotland 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
administrativeArea Moray Council area
country Scotland
dialCode 01309
distanceToElgin about 12 miles west
distanceToInverness about 25 miles east
governedBy Moray Council
hasCategory Royal burgh in Scotland
hasEvent Forres Highland Games
Piping at Forres (former World Pipe Band Championships venue)
hasGreenSpace Grant Park
Sanquhar Woods
hasHistoricSignificance historic town
hasLandmark Cluny Hill
Forres Tolbooth
Nelson’s Tower
St Laurence Church
Sueno’s Stone
hasNearbyAttraction Brodie Castle
Dallas Dhu Distillery
hasPostcodeArea IV
hasPostTown FORRES
hasRailwayStation Forres railway station
hasStatus former royal burgh
historicCounty Morayshire
linked to: Elginshire
knownFor ancient monuments
links to Shakespeare’s Macbeth
latitudeApprox 57.61 N
locatedIn Moray
locatedInRegion northeastern Scotland
locatedNear River Findhorn
locatedOn Findhorn Bay
longitudeApprox 3.61 W
mentionedIn Shakespeare’s Macbeth
linked to: Macbeth
parliamentaryConstituency Moray (UK Parliament constituency)
railwayLine Inverness–Aberdeen line
region Scottish Highlands and Islands (electoral region)
scottishParliamentConstituency Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)
timeZone UTC+0
timeZoneDST UTC+1

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moray containsSettlement Forres
Elgin hasNearbyTown Forres
Dub of Scotland deathPlace Forres (traditional attribution)
linked to: Forres
Shirley Henderson birthPlace Forres, Moray, Scotland
linked to: Forres
Brodie Castle near Forres
Findhorn Bay locatedNear town of Forres
linked to: Forres
River Findhorn flowsNear Forres
Moray Council governs Forres
Moray Firth coast hasTown Forres
A96 road passesThrough Forres