Sanine Beach
Sanine Beach is a beach in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Sanine Beach is situated nearby to the marina Sandend Harbour, as well as near Glenglassaugh distillery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glenglassaugh distillery and Fordyce Castle.
Glenglassaugh distillery
Distillery
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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 1,700 feet southeast of Sanine Beach.
Fordyce Castle
Castle
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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. Fordyce Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Sanine Beach.
Fordyce Academy
School
Fordyce Academy, known until the mid-19th century as Fordyce School, and also sometimes called Smith's Academy, was a famous grammar school in the village of Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, founded about 1592, refounded in 1790, and closed in 1964. Fordyce Academy is situated 1½ miles south of Sanine Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandend and Fordyce.
Sandend
Village
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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".
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 1½ miles south of Sanine Beach.
Portsoy
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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.
Sanine Beach
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Sandend Beach”
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.68365° or 57° 41′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.74305° or 2° 44′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C9VM7M4+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 78378338OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Notable Places Nearby
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