Lossiemouth

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Lossiemouth" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Lossiemouth Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Losaidh[1] Scots: Lossie[2]
Lossiemouth Location within Moray
Population	6,840 (2022)[3]
OS grid reference	NJ235705
• Edinburgh	122 mi (196 km)
• London	447 mi (719 km)
Community council	Lossiemouth[4]
Council area	Moray
Lieutenancy area	Moray
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOSSIEMOUTH
Postcode district	IV31
Dialling code	01343
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Scottish Parliament	Moray
Website	www.moray.gov.uk
List of places UK Scotland 57°43′08″N 3°17′15″W / 57.7189°N 03.2875°W / 57.7189; -03.2875

Lossiemouth (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Losaidh) is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one. From 1890 to 1975, it was a police burgh as Lossiemouth and Branderburgh.

Stotfield, the first significant settlement (discounting Kinneddar which has now disappeared), lies to the north west of the town. Next was the Seatown – a small area between the river and the canal inholding of 52 houses, 51 of which are the historic fisher cottages. When the new harbour was built on the River Lossie, the 18th-century planned town of Lossiemouth, built on a grid system, was established on the low ground below the Coulard Hill. Branderburgh formed the final development during the 19th century. This part of the town developed entirely as a result of the new harbour with its two basins, and eventually covered the entire Coulard Hill; it has an impressive profile when seen from a distance.