Lighthouse Grounds

Lighthouse Grounds is a park in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Lighthouse Grounds is situated nearby to Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, as well as near Kinnaird Head Lighthouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Scottish Lighthouses and Kinnaird Head Lighthouse.

Museum of Scottish Lighthouses

Museum

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There are two lighthouses located on Kinnaird Head, in Fraserburgh, Scotland: a historical one built in a converted castle; and its modern replacement, built in 1991.

Kinnaird Head is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinnaird Head and Fraserburgh.

Kinnaird Head

Locality

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Fraserburgh

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Fraserburgh is a fishing port in Aberdeenshire, with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.

Broadsea

Suburb

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Broadsea is a community situated in Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland. It is a long-standing fishing community at the north edge of Fraserburgh.