Connect Forres with Slow Ways
We’re creating a network of walking routes that connect all of Britain’s towns, cities and national parks
more walks and reviews are needed to fully connect Forres to the verified network. Can you give a hike and help?
Give a hike!Forres / Farrais
Moray
Slow Ways linking Forres and Aberlour, Ballindalloch, Burghead, Elgin, Grantown-on-Spey, Nairn, Rothes
Scotland / Moray / Forres
Forres’s seven Slow Ways are 36% checked
Help connect Forres
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Forres’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Forres from further afield
| Route | Slow Way | Distance | To do | Pledge | Ascent | Descent | ||||
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| Forabe one |
Forres—Aberlour
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Distance 54km/34mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 958m | Descent 1,031m | ||
| Forbal one |
Forres—Ballindalloch
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Distance 37km/23mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 632m | Descent 493m | ||
| Forbur one |
Forres—Burghead
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Distance 20km/12mi |
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Double check | U U | Ascent 93m | Descent 104m | |
| Forbur two |
Forres—Burghead
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Distance 23km/14mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
| Forelg one |
Forres—Elgin
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Distance 24km/15mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 228m | Descent 231m | ||
| Forgra one |
Forres—Grantown-on-Spey
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Distance 38km/23mi |
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Verify me | U U | Ascent 296m | Descent 499m | ||
| Forrot one |
Forres—Rothes
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Distance 37km/23mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 503m | Descent 555m | ||
| Naifor one |
Nairn—Forres
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Distance 18km/11mi |
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Double check | U U | Ascent 109m | Descent 113m | |
| Naifor two |
Nairn—Forres
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Distance 18km/11mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 106m | Descent 111m | ||
| Naifor three |
Nairn—Forres
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Distance 19km/12mi |
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Review me | U U | Ascent 51m | Descent 56m |
Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Forres and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Collective progress
35% of Forres’s seven route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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4 people have contributed to Forres’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Forres
95km out of 287km have been walked and reviewed
132km of reviews have been shared in Forres
Latest Updates
Walked as the final stage of the National Parks Challenge 2026. First rate but take and apply insect repellent before entering the forest....
John Scott
Walked as part of National Parks Challenge 2026. Lovely straight-forward route. No services along the way so take lots of water and food....
John Scott
The problem - It looks from checking google maps that, at Dalvey Smithy cottages, access to fields leading to the west bank of the river Findhorn has been blocked recently: where there used to be clear passage there are now two gates, one with barbed wire along the top, and the track is now part of someone's garden....
Jane Taylor
You could possibly take a more off-road / back streets option for the first km or so, leaving Forres, but that would involve more steps, so on balance, this is probably the best route....
jamtista
Slow Ways added Forbal one, a new walk from Forres to Ballindalloch
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Forgra one, a new walk from Forres to Grantown-on-Spey
Walk this routeForres’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
NJ0348658775
Lat / Lon
57.60859° / -3.61692°
Easting / Northing
303,486E / 858,775N
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