Kingston on Spey is a small coastal village in Moray, Scotland. It is situated immediately north of Garmouth at the western side of the mouth of the River Spey on the coast of the Moray Firth. Kingston was founded in 1784 and was named after Kingston upon Hull, in East Yorkshire.

Kingston's past includes a large shipbuilding industry started in the 18th century. This utilised the enormous amount of timber from the local surrounding forests. In 1829, some of the village homes were lost in the great flood, the "Muckle Spate".

Today's Kingston is a lovely quiet village to visit and live. It remains a preferred home for an abundance of Scottish wildlife. One can always observe the "locals"; dolphins, salmon, otters, osprey, seals and the numerous birds and waterfowl who make this habitat their home here. This as well makes it a favourite for bird watchers and nature enthusiasts. Walkers also enjoy many of the different footpaths along the Lein, Burnside, the Browlands towards the village of Garmouth, the Spey Viaduct footpath or along the stone beaches of Kingston and Spey Bay. Avid fishermen alike, try to attempt to land a famous Spey salmon on the River Spey or surf fish off Kingston beach. There is also the local golf course found between Kingston and Garmouth.

Moray (pronounced Murray, Scottish Gaelic Moireibh or Moireabh, Latin Moravia) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.

The Moray council area was established in 1975; see History of the subdivisions of Scotland and History of local government in Scotland.

The Moray council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the former Moray district of the two-tier Grampian region.

Local government districts had their own directly elected councils. Therefore, they were said to be part of a two-tier system of local government. This was abolished by the 1994 legislation, in favour of unitary council areas. The districts, and the regions, had been formed in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

The Moray district had been formed by combining the local government county of Moray, except Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale areas, with Aberlour, Buckie, Cullen, Dufftown, Findochty, Keith and Portknockie areas of the county of Banff. The Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale areas had been combined with Kingussie and Badenoch areas of the county of Inverness to form the Badenoch and Strathspey district of the Highland region.