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| Gardenstown |
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In
our "totally unbiased" opinion, Gardenstown
is the most beautiful of all Scotland's villages.
Known locally as Gamrie, Gardenstown was founded in
1720 by Alexander Garden specifically as a fishing village.
Today Around 1000 people live in Gardenstown. These
locals and the village’s visitors ensure that
the community thrives.
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| Crovie |
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Crovie
(pronounced Crivie) is unique; there is nowhere else
in mainland Britain where it is simply impossible to
use a car.
The
restrictions placed by its location on development throughout
its history, plus the halt to commercial activity in
1953, have left Crovie as one of the best preserved
fishing villages in Europe.
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| Pennan |
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If
you know your movies, then Pennan may look a little
familiar to you. In 1983, parts of the film Local Hero
were shot here.
The
Bafta award winning film gave Pennan one of the best
known red telephone boxes in the world, sitting on the
quayside. It has attracted a steady stream of visitors
ever since.
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| Banff |
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Banff
contains a variety of fascinating architecture. The
Upper Town is perhaps the more splendid part of the
town, with grand Georgian buildings aplenty.
Though
no longer a commercial port, Banff harbour still serves
leisure traffic and the area gives an insight into what
Banff must have been like before the coming of its more
upmarket upper town.
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| Macduff |
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A
harbour was first built in Macduff in 1760, though at
the time the village was called Doune; it became Macduff
in 1783. Expansion continued through the 1800s, with
fishing continuing to be central to the economic health
of Macduff.
The
town's principal visitor attraction today is the Macduff
Marine Aquarium
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| Portsoy |
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Portsoy lies on the north facing coast of Aberdeenshire,
approximately midway between Cullen and Banff. Of all
the many ports along the Aberdeenshire and Moray coasts,
Portsoy was one of the earliest to be established, and
as a result is one of the most fascinating.
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| Cullen |
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Cullen is an extremely attractive town originally built
around the mouth of the Burn of Deskford.
When
seen from the sea it is framed from behind by higher
ground carrying a disused railway line over a series
of spectacular viaducts.
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