title: Ferness
text: # Ferness
  
  Ferness (Scottish Gaelic: Feàrnais) is a settlement and rural area in Strathdearn, in the council area of Highland.
  
  The settlement is situated in a forested area of the valley of the River Findhorn at the crossroads of the A939 Nairn–Grantown-on-Spey and B9007 Forres–Carrbridge roads.
  
  ## Notable People
  
  * John Baird Simpson was born and raised here.
  * Ellie Stone
  
  ## In popular culture
  
  Ferness was at the centre of the story in the 1983 comedy-drama Local Hero.
  
  