Portessie
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Portessie is a small fishing village to the east of Buckie
on the north-east coast of Scotland
. It is commonly nicknamed "the Sloch", due to the name of the original settlement being Rottenslough. The village is sandwiched between Buckie and Findochty
, two popular tourist spots.
Portessie is home to Portessie Primary School.
To the west is the March Road Industrial Estate, with a fish processing factory and the home of Cruickshanks, who manufacture soft drinks. Strathlene Golf Club
is to the east of the village, and is split into two fields - containing 14 and 4 holes respectively.
The yearly Peter Fair, or Rathven Market can be attributed to Portessie but is more commonly linked to the community of Buckie as a whole.
To the south of the village is a small community called Rathven which is home to two graveyards.
The caravan park at Strathlene is a good place to stay if you like walking and wildlife. A thoroughly recommended park is on the seafront, adjacent to the coastal footpath that stretches from Spey Bay to Portsoy.
Buckie
Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland...
on the north-east coast of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It is commonly nicknamed "the Sloch", due to the name of the original settlement being Rottenslough. The village is sandwiched between Buckie and Findochty
Findochty
Findochty is a village in Banffshire, Scotland, 4 miles east of the town of Buckie.Findochty stands on the shores of the Moray Firth. The Gaelic name of the village was recorded by Diack in his own transcription method as fanna-guchti which is unclear in meaning...
, two popular tourist spots.
Portessie is home to Portessie Primary School.
To the west is the March Road Industrial Estate, with a fish processing factory and the home of Cruickshanks, who manufacture soft drinks. Strathlene Golf Club
Strathlene Golf Course
Strathlene at Findochty, near Buckie, is one of the oldest golf courses in Scotland. It was established in 1877 and is home to Strathlene Buckie Golf Club. The ground was gifted to the town by Mr Bryson the factor of Seafield Estates at that time...
is to the east of the village, and is split into two fields - containing 14 and 4 holes respectively.
The yearly Peter Fair, or Rathven Market can be attributed to Portessie but is more commonly linked to the community of Buckie as a whole.
To the south of the village is a small community called Rathven which is home to two graveyards.
The caravan park at Strathlene is a good place to stay if you like walking and wildlife. A thoroughly recommended park is on the seafront, adjacent to the coastal footpath that stretches from Spey Bay to Portsoy.