Portsoy Salmon Bothy

Portsoy Salmon Bothy is a museum in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Portsoy Salmon Bothy is situated near the marina Portsoy Old Harbour, as well as near the motorhome stopover Portsoy Links Caravan Park.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Portsoy, Scotland, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Salmon Bothy Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 1¼ miles east of Portsoy Salmon Bothy.

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 2 miles west of Portsoy Salmon Bothy.

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 2022 the population was 1700.

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 2½ miles west of Portsoy Salmon Bothy.

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 2½ miles southwest of Portsoy Salmon Bothy.

Portsoy Salmon Bothy

Categories: bothy, independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.68502° or 57° 41′ 6″ north

Longitude

-2.68718° or 2° 41′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C9VM8P7+24

OpenStreetMap ID

way 704272870

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q113471300

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Portsoy Old Harbour and Portsoy Links Caravan Park.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Barcleys Transport and Portsoy New Harbour.

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