Hillhead

Hillhead is a dwelling in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Hillhead is situated nearby to Portsoy Cemetery, as well as near the motorhome stopover Portsoy Links Caravan Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Boyne Castle and Glenglassaugh distillery.

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. Boyne Castle is situated 4,100 feet east of Hillhead.

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. Glenglassaugh distillery is situated 2½ miles west of Hillhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portsoy and Sandend.

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.

Sandend

Village

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandend is a small fishing village near Banff and Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, typical of the area. It was "a considerable seatown as early as 1624". Sandend is situated 3 miles west of Hillhead.

Fordyce

Village

Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fordyce is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is slightly inland from the point where the Burn of Fordyce meets the sea between Cullen and Portsoy. Fordyce is situated 3 miles southwest of Hillhead.

Hillhead

Type: Dwelling
Categories: locality, residential building, and building
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.68142° or 57° 40′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.67344° or 2° 40′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C9VM8JG+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10665160309

OpenStreetMap feature

place=isolated_dwelling

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