IN THE AREA

■ Average house price In postcode IV12, £206,977.

■ Transport Buses run from Nairn and Forres, both six miles away. Nairn is on the Inverness to Aberdeen rail line. From Inverness there are sleeper trains to London or daily flights.

■ Amenities The village of Auldearn has a post office shop and a primary school. Nairn has supermarkets, a museum, restaurants and hotels as well as a beautiful beach, concert hall, leisure centre and two championship golf courses.

■ Outdoors Salmon fishing on the River Spey, shooting on neighbouring estates, a sailing marina in Nairn plus two ski resorts are close by.