Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Portknockie is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Buckie, 59km from Craigievar Castle.
Portknockie is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 1,270, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Portknockie sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Portknockie to your route.
Portknockie (Scottish Gaelic: Port Chnocaidh, the hilly port) is a coastal village on the Moray Firth within Moray, Scotland.
The village's name is written as Portknockies in the Old Parish Registers. This would suggest that the port's name referred to not one, but two rocky hills at the hythe - the Port Hill and theRead more
Greencastle. Nearby towns include Buckie, Findochty and Cullen.
Historically in Banffshire, the village was founded in 1677 and it became a significant herring fishing port during the nineteenth century, although today only a handful of commercial inshore boats remain.
A comparison of the First and Second Edition Six-inch Ordnance Survey Maps, published in 1870 and 1905 respectively shows how the harbour and the town developed during the intervening years .
The town was on the railway network, until Portknockie station closed in 1968.
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Portknockie is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 57.7025 latitude, -2.8599 longitude.
Portknockie has a population of approximately 1,270 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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photogenic
Sea arch shaped like the tip of a fiddle bow, a short walk from the village of Portknockie on the Moray coast. At dawn the quartzite arch glows pink and doubles in the still water; dolphins pass close inshore.
1 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
The Speyside distillery at Dufftown that is still family-owned and among the largest single malt producers in the world.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A Speyside distillery with a much-photographed turf-roofed visitor building set into the hillside above the Spey.
32 km · about 35 min drive
photogenic
A single row of white cottages squeezed between red sandstone cliffs and the sea, reached by a steep hairpin lane off the B9031. Star of the 1983 film Local Hero. Its red phone box is now listed.
36 km · about 40 min drive
film location
The red telephone box on the harbour front of this Aberdeenshire village is Local Hero's most famous prop, now a listed structure.
36 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Acclaimed motoring museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire, with everything from steam locomotives to supercars, plus its own outdoor test track used for summer motoring events.
53 km · about 60 min drive
castle
A pink harled tower house in Aberdeenshire, its top-heavy turrets often cited as an inspiration for fairytale castle design.
59 km · about 70 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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