Portsoy Church

Portsoy Church is a church in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Portsoy Church is situated near Portsoy Town Hall, as well as near Portsoy Post Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Boyne Castle and Fordyce Castle.

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 1½ miles east of Portsoy Church.

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. Fordyce Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Portsoy Church.

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 1½ miles west of Portsoy Church.

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 2 miles west of Portsoy Church.

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 Church.

Portsoy Church

Type: Church
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.68139° or 57° 40′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.69292° or 2° 41′ 35″ west

Established

1840

Open location code

9C9VM8J4+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 98853671

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Portsoy Town Hall and Portsoy Church Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Portsoy Telephone Exchange and J Donald Bakers.

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