Aboyne
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 The Green in Aboyne | |
  Aboyne Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| Population | 2,920 (2022)[4] |
| OS grid reference | NO527986 |
| • Edinburgh | 79 mi (127 km) |
| • London | 399 mi (642 km) |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ABOYNE |
| Postcode district | AB34 |
| Dialling code | 013398 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Aboyne (Scots: Abyne, Scottish Gaelic: Abèidh) is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately 30 miles (48 km) west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is home to the oldest 18 hole golf course on Royal Deeside. Aboyne Castle and the Loch of Aboyne are nearby.
Aboyne has many businesses, including a Co-Op supermarket,[5] several hairdressers, a butcher, a newsagent, an Indian restaurant and a post office. Originally, there was a railway station in the village, but it was closed on 18 June 1966. The station now contains some shops and the tunnel running under the village is now home to a firearms club. The market-day in Aboyne was known as Fèill Mhìcheil (Scottish Gaelic for "Michael's Fair").
- ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA) – Gaelic Place-names of Scotland". www.gaelicplacenames.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ The Online Scots Dictionary Archived 8 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Scotslanguage.com - Names in Scots - Places in Scotland". scotslanguage.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Aboyne location map Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine