Tradespeople in Tain, Highland

About Tain

Tain is a small royal burgh on the southern shore of the Dornoch Firth in Easter Ross, about 35 miles north of Inverness and claims to be the oldest royal burgh in Scotland, with its charter dating from around 1066.

The town has a distinctive centre with a medieval tolbooth, the collegiate church of St Duthus and a range of local shops and services. Glenmorangie Distillery, one of Scotland's best-known single malt producers, sits just outside the town.

Tain serves a wider rural community across Easter Ross and has primary and secondary schools, a swimming pool and a golf course on the links land beside the Dornoch Firth.

The town is on the Far North Line railway and the A9 trunk road and the Dornoch Firth bridge to the north provides a fast road link into Sutherland and the northern Highlands.

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About Highland

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Highland is the largest council area in Scotland by land mass, covering more than 25,000 square kilometres from the Cairngorms in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west and from the Moray Firth northward to the tip of mainland Britain at Dunnet Head.

The region takes in an extraordinary range of landscapes — the Great Glen, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness, the Cairngorm plateau, the Flow Country peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland and hundreds of miles of rugged coastline dotted with fishing villages and sea lochs.

Inverness is the regional capital and the largest settlement, serving as the administrative, commercial and transport hub for the entire north of Scotland. Beyond Inverness, the population is thinly spread across market towns, crofting townships and remote communities connected by single-track roads and ferry services.

Despite its remoteness, Highland has a diverse economy built on tourism, whisky distilling, renewable energy, forestry, aquaculture and a growing digital sector enabled by improving broadband connectivity. The region's cultural identity is deeply rooted in Gaelic language and tradition, clan history and a strong sense of place that draws visitors and new residents alike.