📌 Whinnyfold, Aberdeenshire
★★
Sometimes the most unlikely spots spring lovely surprises. Whinnyfold village hardly looks worth a second thought on the map: a clifftop hamlet at the end of a series of country lanes, a fair distance from more popular Cruden Bay to the north. All seems unremarkable as you approach, with just a few unassuming rows of houses – and if a couple of non-residents have beaten you to it, you might already have run out of options for parking. But a gravel footpath leading downhill gives the game away. Follow the path over the crest and a wonderful stony cove is revealed, with wide pebbly beach, rocky headlands and a perfect secluded feel. And maybe just a splash of magic…
🌍 Location
📌 Immediately east of Whinnyfold village
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NK 082332
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.389136,-1.864354
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Extremely limited parking, probably best around the entrance to the village – don’t block residents’ access / parking
💬 From near the south end of the village, dozens of gravel steps zigzag down to access the beach.
