Moray

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Moray
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The municipality Moray in the region of Scotland
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Coat of arms of Moray
CountryUnited Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.png
RegionScotland Flag of Scotland.png
Number of zones367
Maximum PPH581
Last updated2021-06-13


Moray is a municipality in the region of Scotland in United Kingdom. The municipality has about 95,000 inhabitants and is located in the northeastern part of the region.

Moray (Scots: Moray; Scottish Gaelic: Moreibh) is one of Scotland's 32 council areas. It was historically part of the county of Banffshire and formerly part of the Grampian region.

Location

Moray is located in the north east of Scotland with coastline on the Moray Firth.

The municipality borders Aberdeenshire to the east and south, and Highland to the west.

Main towns

Elgin is the main town of Moray and accounted for around 25% of the population of Moray in the 2011 census.

Other towns include Forres, Keith, Lossiemouth, Fochabers, Aberlour and Dufftown.

Zones

There are 367 turf zones in the municipality, one of which is a water zone, 4 train station zones, 9 monument zones, 13 holy zones, 22 bridge zones, 2 castle zones and 11 ruin zones.

The most taken zone is DrGrayIsOut which is located at Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin.

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Malt Whisky Distilleries

Moray, and particularly the Speyside region, is home to the largest concentration of malt whisky distilleries in Scotland. The following zones are placed at or near distilleries.

Hilltop zones

Speyside Way Zones

The Speyside Way is a long distance walking / cycling route which is 137km long and runs from Newtonmore in Highland to Buckie in Moray. The following zones are on the Speyside Way. Some zones are difficult (or impossible) to take depending on the turfer's mobile phone network provider due to a lack of mobile data coverage.

Other Zones

Updated: 2021-06-13

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