Findochty
Findochty is a village in Moray, Scotland, on the shores of the Moray Firth; historically it was part of Banffshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Strathlene Golf Course and Bow Fiddle Rock.
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.
Bow Fiddle Rock
Islet
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Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow. Bow Fiddle Rock is situated 2 miles east of Findochty.
Buckie Lifeboat Station
Building
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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. Buckie Lifeboat Station is situated 2 miles southwest of Findochty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portessie and Portknockie.
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. Portessie is situated 1½ miles southwest of Findochty.
Portknockie
Village
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Portknockie 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 the Greencastle. Portknockie is situated 1½ miles east of Findochty.
Rathven
Village
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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. Rathven is situated 2 miles southwest of Findochty.
Findochty
- Type: Village with 1,130 residents
- Description: village in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.69776° or 57° 41′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.90304° or 2° 54′ 11″ westPopulation
1,130Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB FIDOpen location code
9C9VM3XW+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 31818382OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Findochty” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Findochty”
- Bulgarian: “Финдочтй”
- Cebuano: “Findochty”
- Chinese: “芬多赫蒂”
- Dutch: “Findochty”
- French: “Findochty”
- German: “Findochty”
- Irish: “Am Fionn Ochdamh”
- Irish: “Fonn Dhoichtidh”
- Italian: “Findochty”
- Persian: “فنداکتی”
- Scots: “Finichty”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Am Fionn Ochdamh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Findochty”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fonn Dhoichtidh”
- Spanish: “Findochty”
- Swedish: “Findochty”
- Welsh: “Findochty”
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Highlights include Findochty Harbour and The Salvation Army - Findochty.
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