Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bullers of Buchan
Reached by driving one and half miles north from Cruden Bay along the A975, or
walking three precarious miles north from Slains Castle along the cliffs, the
Bullers of
Buchan
is a splendid 245ft-deep sea chasm, where the ocean gushes in through a
natural archway eroded by the sea. his is some of the finest cliff scenery in the country
and attracts a huge number of (smelly) nesting seabirds.
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Fraserburgh
Just west of a swooping, sandy bay,
FRASERBURGH
is a large and fairly severe-
looking place, edged by warehouse-like superstores and farmland. he intriguing
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
makes a short visit worthwhile, and you'll find
good, seafront hotel rooms nearby in the sleepy fishing village of
St Combs
.
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
Stevenson Road • May-Sept Mon & Wed-Sun 10am-5pm, Tues noon-5pm; Oct-April Wed-Sun 11am-4pm • £6 •
W
lighthousemuseum.org.uk
At the northern tip of the town, an eighteenth-century lighthouse protrudes from the
top of sixteenth-century
Fraserburgh Castle
. he lighthouse was one of the first to be
built in Scotland and is now part of the excellent
Museum
of Scottish Lighthouses
,
where you can see a collection of huge lenses and prisms gathered from
decommissioned lighthouses, and a display on various members of the famous
“Lighthouse” Stevenson family. he highlight of the museum is the tour of Kinnaird
Head lighthouse itself, preserved as it was when the last keeper left in 1991, with its
century-old equipment still in perfect working order.
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
FRASERBURGH
By bus
There are frequent buses from Aberdeen to
Fraserburgh (every 30min; 1hr 30min).
Destinations
Aberdeen (every 30min; 1hr 30min); Banff (3
daily; 1hr); Macduff (3 daily; 55min).
Tourist o
ce
3 Saltoun Square (April-Sept Mon-Sat
10am-5pm; Oct Mon-Sat 10am-4pm;
T
01346 518315;
W
visitfraserburgh.com).
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Tufted Duck Hotel
Corsekelly Pl, St Combs
T
01346
582481,
W
tuftedduckhotel.co.uk
. Large, family-owned
hotel in the village of St Combs, a 10min drive southeast of
Fraserburgh. The building is an ugly duckling, but the
rooms - many of which have unobstructed sea views - are
comfortable and quiet. The restaurant serves a mix of
Scottish and Far Eastern flavo
urs, w
ith mains from £11.50.
Daily noon-2pm & 5-9pm.
£105
Fraserburgh to Gardenstown
he coast road between
Fraserburgh
and
Gardenstown
, fifteen miles to the west, is
particularly attractive: inland there are villages with pretty churches and cottages, while
countless paths lead off it to ruined castles, clifftop walks and lonely beaches.
Pennan
PENNAN
is a tiny fishing hamlet that lies just off the B9031 down a steep and
hazardous hill. Consisting of little more than a single row of whitewashed stone
cottages tucked between a cliff and the sea, the village leapt into the limelight when the
British movie
Local Hero
was filmed here in 1982; you can stay at one of the
identifiable landmarks from the film, the
Pennan Inn
(see p.384).
Crovie
Locals in the tiny but appealing village of
CROVIE
(pronounced “crivie”), on the other
side of Troup Head from Pennan, frequently have their doorsteps washed by the sea.
