Aboyne

Aboyne
The Green in Aboyne
Aboyne is located in Aberdeenshire
Aboyne
Aboyne
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population2,920 (2022)[4]
OS grid referenceNO527986
• Edinburgh79 mi (127 km)
• London399 mi (642 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townABOYNE
Postcode districtAB34
Dialling code013398
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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57°04′30″N 2°46′52″W / 57.075°N 2.781°W / 57.075; -2.781

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").

  1. ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA) – Gaelic Place-names of Scotland". www.gaelicplacenames.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ The Online Scots Dictionary Archived 8 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Scotslanguage.com - Names in Scots - Places in Scotland". scotslanguage.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ Aboyne location map Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine