page_title: Nairn
section_title: Current developments
hierarchical_section_title: Nairn / Current developments
caption_attribution_description: English: Town Hall, Nairn, Scotland
context_page_description: Nairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around 17 miles east of Inverness. It is the traditional county town of the Nairnshire.
  As of the 2011 Census, Nairn had a population of 9,773, making it the third-largest settlement in the Highland council area, behind Inverness and Fort William. Nairn is best known as a seaside resort, with two golf courses, award-winning beaches, a community centre/mid-scale arts venue, a small theatre and one small museum, providing information on the local area and incorporating the collection of the former Fishertown museum.
context_section_description: The A96 from Inverness to Aberdeen currently passes through Nairn town itself. Fergus Ewing, Scottish National Party MSP for Inverness and Nairn (and before 2011 Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber), has been canvassing for a Nairn by-pass to be developed.
  At present Scottish Government investment in the transport infrastructure has focused on the Inverness to Nairn stretch of road, especially to improve links to Inverness Airport. However, there are no current plans to build a Nairn by-pass. Land to the east and south of the town is being considered for the further development of 1400 houses, with additional plans submitted by Lord Cawdor to double the size of the town over the next 10–15 years through private investment.
  Nairn Improvement Community Enterprise was formed in 2010 as a company limited by guarantee to facilitate the regeneration of Nairn Town Centre and its surrounding areas and membership is open to all residents.
caption: Nairn Town Hall
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