St. Columba's Church, Nairn

26/12/2025

26/12/2025

Happy Christmas to you all.
Here are a few photos from our Christmas morning service

28/10/2024

A huge thank you to Dean Alison and the St.Pauls & St.Columba Church families for a sumptuous celebration of my Ordination as Priest.

Blessings,
Blayne.

07/10/2023

Church walking group found a bit of dry weather today on a trip to hills above Ullapool

24/09/2023

A huge thank you to Dean Alison and the St.Columba's Church family for a sumptuous celebration of my Ordination as Deacon.

Blessings,
Blayne.

30/08/2023

And a second photograph of Alison’s licensing from the page for the Primus

08/08/2023

From Cllr Paul Oldham and the Nairn Rocks page, this may affect your travel towards Inverness and Strathnairn in the coming weeks

A96 Resurfacing West of Nairn

I have just posted about this in my blog but I think a lot of people will want to share this news so I'm posting it again as a separate item.

Over the next month the A96 west of Nairn is being resurfaced along approximately 1290m from a point 70m east of B9092 Ardersier Junction and 100m east of Delnies Woods. This is well overdue … but is going to cause you issues if you are using the road, especially at night. Note also the *complete* closure between 7:30pm on Friday 25th August and 6:30am on Monday 28th August.

Works are due to be undertaken in August and September 2023 in five stages –

• This Thursday 10th and Friday 11th August – night-time Temporary Traffic Lights (TTLs).

• Sunday 20th August to Thursday 24th August - overnight convoy working between 7:30pm and 6:30am each night. There will also be daytime TTLs in place on Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th, and Friday 25th August.

• Full weekend closure between 7:30pm on Friday 25th August and 6:30am on Monday 28th August.

• Overnight closures between 7:30pm and 6:30am each night on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th August.

• Between Wednesday 30th August to Friday 8th September there will be overnight convoy working between 7:30pm and 6:30am each night, traffic management will be removed by 6:30am on Saturday 9th September.

During the closures westbound traffic will be diverted down the A939 Grantown Road, turning right onto the B9101 and continuing on the B9090 through Cawdor and Clephanton to re-join the A96 at Brackley. Eastbound traffic will take the route in reverse. Additional traffic management measures will be in place in traffic calmed areas like Cawdor.

See map below with closure in red, local access in blue, diversion route in black.

09/06/2023

St Columba (Colmcille) died this day in the year 597. Forever associated with the Island of Iona his mission field was in fact much wider and his legacy, worldwide….

Alone with none but you my God
I journey on my way
What need I fear when you are near
O lord of night and day?
More secure I am within your hand
Than if a crowd did round me stand.
(St Columba)

Image: Iona, Traigh na Suidhe. With thanks to David Heathcote.

08/05/2023

Thanks to all our volunteers who turned out today to paint, garden, clean and help with coffee and lunch. Lots of jobs done!!

06/05/2023

All set for Coronation lunch tomorrow

22/04/2023