Greyhope Bay
Greyhope Bay is a bay in Aberdeen, Scotland. Greyhope Bay is situated nearby to the locality South Kirkhill, as well as near East Kirkhill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Girdle Ness Lighthouse and Torry Battery.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated near Torry Battery on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
Torry Battery
Ruins
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Footdee and Balnagask.
Footdee
Suburb
Photo: Ettore Timi, CC BY 2.5.
Footdee, locally known as Fittie, is a picturesque area of Aberdeen, Scotland. A former fishing village, it lies at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. The name appears to mean "foot of the Dee", but it has also been linked to Fittick, a local saint.
Balnagask
Quarter
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balnagask is an area of Torry, a burgh of Aberdeen in Scotland. Balnagask is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Balnagask Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.
Torry
Suburb
Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.
Greyhope Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.1407° or 57° 8′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.05106° or 2° 3′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C9V4WRX+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 9207599000OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
11152876
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