📌 Village in Aberdeenshire
★★
Sandend is a place made up from an unusual cocktail of components: tiny coastal village and harbour, large caravan park and working distillery. The individual parts are spread across a mile or so of coastline, but linked by a gorgeous beach. The village itself has few facilities to speak of, but more than makes up for it in wonderful coastal walks, both east towards Portsoy and west towards Findlater Castle. The perfect destination for a sunny summer day trip?
🌍 Location
📌 Aberdeenshire
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NJ 555665
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.685968,-2.747165
🚶 The village is at one end of the beach; the distillery is at the other. Walks along the coast in both directions towards Cullen or Portsoy are linked below.
🚌 A bus between Aberdeen and Elgin stops just beyond the village limits, also providing access from other nearby settlements.
Explore nearby
<1 mi away
>> Glenglassaugh Distillery ★★★
>> Sandend Bay ★★★
>> Walk: Portsoy, Sandend & a dram ★★★ (map: green)
>> Walk: Sandend to Cullen – clifftop caper ★★★ (map: violet)
<3 mi away
>> Findlater Castle ★★ (1 mi ←)
>> Portsoy ★★★ (2 mi →)
>> Cullen page: Cullen ★★★ & village sights (3 mi ←)
>> Walk: Litter-free approach to the Bin of Cullen ★★★ (3 mi ←, map: blue)
