Rathven
Rathven is an ecclesiastical parish, village and former civil parish in the historic County of Banff, now in Moray, Scotland. The civil parish was last used as a census subdivision in 2001, with a population of 12,378, The former burgh of Buckie is the largest settlement in the parish, which also includes Findochty and Portknockie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Strathlene Golf Course and Buckie Lifeboat Station.
Strathlene Golf Course
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.
Buckie Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckie Lifeboat Station can be found on Commercial Road in Buckie, a harbour town on the south shore of the Moray Firth, approximately 5 miles east of the mouth of the River Spey, in the administrative region of Moray, historically Banffshire, on the coast of NE Scotland.
Victoria Park
Sports venue
Victoria Park is a football ground in Buckie in north-east Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Buckie Thistle. It is located at the junction of Midmar Street and South Pringle Street, 0.5 miles from the town centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portessie and Ianstown.
Portessie
Quarter
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Portessie is a small fishing village east of Buckie, on the north-east coast of Scotland between Buckie and Findochty.
Ianstown
Quarter
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ianstown is a small village on the Moray Firth in Scotland. It lies within the council area of Moray. Its OS grid reference is NJ435663. The town of Buckie lies to the west of Ianstown.
Buckie
Town
Photo: Ann Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was abolished in 1975.
Rathven
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.67774° or 57° 40′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.93471° or 2° 56′ 5″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9C9VM3H8+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 857349435OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Rathven” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rathven”
- Dutch: “Rathven”
- French: “Rathven”
- Slovenian: “Rathven”
- Turkish: “Rathven”
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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 “Rathven”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.