Nairn, Yachting in the Moray Firth
The Royal Burgh of Nairn (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Narann), formally 'North Nairnville,'is a burgh in The Highlands of Scotland, lying about fifteen miles east of Inverness on the coast of the Moray Firth. Nairn, denoting a larger area than just the town, is also an area committee of The Highland Council and a lieutenancy area. The town has a population of about 11,000. An ancient fishing port and market town. King James VI, when he travelled to London to become King of England, boasted that in his kingdom he had a town whose only street was so long that the people living at one end of it could not understand the language of the people living at the other end. He was speaking of Nairn, formerly split into Scottish Gaelic- and Scots-speaking communities. A town of two halves in other ways, the narrow-streeted fishertown surrounds a harbour built by Thomas Telford while Victorian villas stand in the 'West End'. It is believed that the Duke of Cumberland stayed in Nairn the night before the Battle of Culloden. Nairn is now best known as a seaside resort, with 2 golf courses, a small theatre (called the little theatre) and one small museum, providing information on the local area and incorporating the collection of the former Fishertown museum. In 1645, during the Scottish Civil War, the battle of Auldearn was fought near Nairn, between Royalists and Covenanters. It was not until the 1860's that Nairn became a respectable and popular holiday town. Dr. John Grigor (a statue of whom is located at Viewfield) was gifted a house in this coastal town and spent his retirement there. He valued its warm climate and advised his wealthy clients to holiday there. Following the opening of the railway station in 1855, new houses and hotels were built in the elegant West End. Nairn is known as a world class golfing destination, with two 18 hole courses. One of these, The Nairn Golf Club is one of the great traditional links courses and was laid out by James Braid in 1928. It has hoste
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