Peterhead Bay
Peterhead Bay is a large remote industrial tidal 120° facing coastal embayment, located next to the planned community, commercial fishing and ship building town of Peterhead in the Presbytery of Deer, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, and is near the most easternmost point in mainland Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Peterhead and Peterhead Town House.
HM Prison Peterhead
Museum
Photo: Sagaciousphil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMP Peterhead was a prison in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, operating from 1888 to 2013. Since June 2016, the former grounds operate as the Peterhead Prison Museum.
Peterhead Town House
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peterhead Town House is a municipal structure in Broad Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The building, which was the headquarters of Peterhead Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building.
Peterhead Community Hospital
Hospital
Peterhead Community Hospital is located in Peterhead, a coastal town approximately 32 miles north of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peterhead and Clerkhill.
Peterhead
Peterhead is a port in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland, with a population of 19,060 in 2020. Its fishing industry collapsed in the 20th century and the town is run-down, but is near attractive coastal scenery.
Clerkhill
Suburb
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clerkhill is an area of the town of Peterhead in north east Scotland. Surrounded by the areas of Meethill, Dales Park and Coplandhill, it is one of the bigger areas of the town.
Roanheads
Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roanheads is a residential area of coastal Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located between Peterhead and Buchanhaven. Laid out by 1771, now the oldest part of the town, it was established after Peterhead's fishermen settled there due to its position on the northeastern shoulder of the town's peninsula, 0.75 miles north of today's town centre.
Peterhead Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.4982° or 57° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.78337° or 1° 47′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C9WF6X8+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 10643561020OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2640350Wikidata ID
Q24639073
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Satellite Map
Discover Peterhead Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Peterhead Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Peterhead Bay”
- Swedish: “Peterhead Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Princess Royal Jetty and Smith Quay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Albert Quay and Peterhead South.
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