📌 Gardenstown, Aberdeenshire
★★★
🛠️ Coastal section blocked by rockfalls (checked April 2024)
A short but exciting coast path connects the captivating fishing villages of Gardenstown and Crovie. This is a wild section of coastline, with the thin strip of concrete path hemmed in between conglomerate sea cliffs and the chilly North Sea in places. A short section is covered at high tide, and the whole route is probably inadvisable in stormy weather, when large waves threaten even the villages themselves. Catch it at any other time and it’s a perfect way to take in one of the most beautiful corners of underrated, coastal Aberdeenshire. The route below returns the same way, but there’s apparently now a higher clifftop path as an alternative option – we hope to try it out soon.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at east end of Gardenstown lower village
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NJ 801649
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.673821,-2.334497
🚌 Bus to Gardenstown lower village
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 3 km / 2 mi | ▲ 20 m | ⌛ 1 hr
Features: 🏠 Gardenstown ★★★; 🌊 Gamrie Bay coastline; 🏠 Crovie ★★★
⬤ Easy | Short rocky beach section, then partly surfaced path with a few steps. The first section is normally (just) submerged at high tide.
Download file for GPS➡️ Out-and-back walk: start – Gardenstown – coast path – Crovie – return by outward route
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Waders and seagulls on the beach.
Weather: Cloudy with some sunshine, temperature in single figures.
December 2016
when was the path made?
I'm afraid we're not sure of the answer to your question! It certainly doesn't look new.