Scotland
North East Scotland
Aberdeenshire

St Combs

St Combs is a small fishing village in , Scotland, immediately southeast of Inverallochy. It has existed since at least the 17th century, and takes its name from a church to St Colm that used to exist in the area and was abandoned in 1607.
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Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 632 residents
  • Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Combs”, “Coombs”, and “Saint Combs”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inverallochy Castle.

Castle
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined courtyard castle, near the village of Inverallochy in the area of North-East Scotland, dating to 1504. It lies 0.5 miles south of , near , and formerly stood beside the now-drained Loch of Inverallochy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inverallochy and Cairnbulg and Crimond.

Village
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The villages of lie some 4 miles east of , in North East Scotland. It formerly consisted of the three fishing villages of Brandesburgh, Cairnbulg and Inverallochy, but the former village has since disappeared…

Village
Photo: Sagaciousphil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , in the northeast of , located 9 miles northwest of the port of and just over 2 miles from the coast. is situated 4 miles south of St Combs.

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is a fishing port in , with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.

St Combs

Latitude
57.65707° or 57° 39′ 25″ north
Longitude
-1.91105° or 1° 54′ 40″ west
Population
632
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C9WM34Q+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 242131557
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2638825
Wiki­data ID
Q1009885
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“St Combs” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “St Combs”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Combs”
  • Cebuano: “St Combs”
  • Dutch: “St Combs”
  • French: “St Combs”
  • Japanese: “セント・コームズ”
  • Scots: “Saunt Coams”
  • Spanish: “St Combs”
  • Swedish: “Saint Combs”
  • Swedish: “St Combs”
  • Welsh: “St Combs”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Combs Community Church and Inverallochy Golf Club.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Combs”. Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.