The Breeks
The Breeks is a bay in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fordyce Castle and Boyne Castle.
Fordyce Castle
Castle
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce Castle is a T-plan castle, its oldest part dating from 1592, about three miles south-west of Portsoy, in the village of Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Boyne Castle
Ruins
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boyne Castle is a 16th-century quadrangular castle about 1.5 miles east of Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 0.5 miles south of Boyne Bay.
Glenglassaugh distillery
Distillery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenglassaugh distillery is a malt scotch whisky distillery at Sandend in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It restarted production in November 2008 after being acquired by an independent investment group. It was then bought by Brown-Forman and mothballed in 2025.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsoy and Cullen.
Portsoy
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portsoy is a fishing village 8 miles west of Banff on the north coast of Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland. It has a picturesque harbour often used as a film and TV location, such as the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore! In 2020 the population was 1690.
Cullen
Town
Photo: Clydecoast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cullen is a village and former royal burgh in Moray but historically in Banffshire, Scotland, on the North Sea coast. The village had a population of 1,327 in 2001.
Whitehills
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehills is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that lies three miles west of Banff on the Moray Firth. It is part of the historic county of Banffshire.
The Breeks
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.6861° or 57° 41′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.6945° or 2° 41′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C9VM8P4+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 10665160306OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
Discover The Breeks from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sandend and Fordyce.
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