Portessie (Scots: Peterhythe or The Sloch)[1] is a small fishing village east of Buckie, on the north-east coast of Scotland. It is commonly nicknamed "the Sloch", due to the name of the original settlement being Rottenslough. The village is sandwiched between Buckie and Findochty, two popular tourist spots.
Portessie is home to Portessie Primary School.
To the west is the March Road Industrial Estate, with a fish processing factory and the home of Cruickshanks, who make soft drinks. Strathlene Golf Club is east of the village, and is split into two fields – containing 14 and 4 holes respectively.
The yearly Peter Fair, or Rathven Market can be attributed to Portessie but is more commonly linked to the community of Buckie as a whole.
To the south of the village is a small community called Rathven which is home to two graveyards.
Portessie (Scots: Peterhythe or The Sloch) is a small fishing village east of Buckie, on the north-east coast of Scotland. It is commonly nicknamed "the...
The Buckie and Portessie Branch was a railway branch line in Scotland, built by the Highland Railway to serve an important fishing harbour at Buckie,...
Portessie railway station was a joint Highland Railway (HR) and Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) station at the junction between the Moray Coast...
probably the former. This community, which would later come to be known as Portessie, was reportedly formed when "Porteasie.....became a fishing station in...
the Great North of Scotland Railway at Boat of Garten, Elgin, Keith and Portessie. In 1923, the company passed on approximately 494 miles (795 km) of line...
the Great North of Scotland Railway at Boat of Garten, Elgin, Keith and Portessie. During the First World War the British Navy's base at Scapa Flow, in...
the Scottish county of Moray. It was served by trains on the Buckie and Portessie Branch north of Keith. The latter station is now the nearest to Enzie...
the Scottish county of Moray. It was served by trains on the Buckie and Portessie Branch north of Keith. The latter station is now the nearest to Aultmore...
Scottish county of Moray. It was served by trains on the Buckie and Portessie Branch north of Keith. The station was renamed Letterfourie station, the...
S6. The school serves the coastal communities of Portgordon, Buckie, Portessie, Findochty, Portknockie and Cullen. There has been a secondary school...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
Seafield Estates at that time. The original 9 holes were created between Portessie and Strathlene House, where 2 of the holes were situated in the area which...
were other junctions with the Highland Railway at Boat of Garten and Portessie, and at Aberdeen connections for journeys south over the Caledonian and...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
costly. At the south side of the course lies the road linking Findochty to Portessie and Strathlene. Adjacent to this can be seen the remains of Findochty...
used on branch line services, including those to Burghead, Fortrose, Portessie and Aberfeldy. One (no. 52) was used on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus...
granted, but in the case of the Highland Railway only for a line as far as Portessie. The GNoSR station opened on 1 May 1886 with the central section of the...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
Eddrachillis Bay Dunnet Bay Sinclairs Bay Burghhead Bay Spey Bay Whale's Wig Portessie Bay Portknockie Hythe Cullen Bay Muckle Hythe Portlong Hythe Sunnyside...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
predominantly single track apart from a double track section between Buckie and Portessie. Track lifting took place shortly after closure in 1968. Cullen viaduct...
St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose...
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