Whinnyfold
Whinnyfold or Whinneyfold is a small coastal village at the southern end of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Whinnyfold is a clifftop hamlet of fisher cottages built in the 1860s, replacing an older settlement one mile inland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Whinneyfold” and “Whinnyfauld”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Slains Castle and St Olaf’s Church.
New Slains Castle
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks the North Sea from its cliff-top site one kilometre east of Cruden Bay. New Slains Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Whinnyfold.
St Olaf’s Church
Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Olaf's Church is a Category B listed building in Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating to 1776. It is of Church of Scotland denomination. The church's twin, conically roofed towers were added in 1833 by John Smith. St Olaf’s Church is situated 2 miles north of Whinnyfold.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cruden Bay and Hatton.
Cruden Bay
Village
Photo: DavidDixon, Public domain.
Cruden Bay is a small village in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, 26 miles north of Aberdeen. Just west of Slains Castle, Cruden Bay is believed to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II defeated the Danes in 1012. Cruden Bay is situated 2 miles north of Whinnyfold.
Hatton
Village
Photo: Gav barnett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hatton is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies on the A90 road, approximately equidistant from both Ellon and Peterhead. It has a biscuit factory that was once called Simmers – it was Hatton's only claim to fame, as it supplied biscuits to such upmarket shops as Marks and Spencers. Hatton is situated 3 miles northwest of Whinnyfold.
Bullers of Buchan
Hamlet
Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The name Bullers of Buchan refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village, situated about 6 miles south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bullers of Buchan is situated 3½ miles northeast of Whinnyfold.
Whinnyfold
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.38933° or 57° 23′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.86683° or 1° 52′ 1″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
9C9W94QM+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 348200094OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Whinnyfold” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Whinnyfold”
- Dutch: “Whinnyfold”
- French: “Whinnyfold”
- Scots: “Whinnyfauld”
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Explore places such as Old Whinnyfold and Sandy Haven.
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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 “Whinnyfold”. Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.