Find Nearest Seaside Award in Aberdeenshire

Seaside Award beaches in Aberdeenshire. Unlike the Blue Flag beach award, each country also has its own seaside award to signify a good standard of beach and facilities. The awards evaluate a beach on water quality, information displays, environmental management, safety and services.

Below we list the current Aberdeenshire beaches that hold a Seaside Award.

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Collieston Beach

Collieston beach is a small sandy beach sheltered by the harbour wall within the small former fishing village of Collieston. The beach has the harbour wall on one side and some interesting rocks on the other. Facilities include parking and a small shop. Read more…
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Balmedie Country Park Beach

Balmedia Country Park Beach is a 16 km sandy beach near Aberdeen where water sports like kite surfing and swimming are popular. The beach area has large sand dunes attracting wildlife and birds as well as sun lovers and a network of boardwalks take you through the dunes to the beach from the bus stop. Facilities include toilets, boardwalks, dunes, Read more…
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Cruden Bay Beach

Cruden Bay Beach is sandy and has a lot of room as it’s a very long beach with the ruins of Slains Castles at the top giving you a good walk if you’re tired of sunbathing! There is a golf course here as well as harbour facilities like toilets and a post office with other facilities in the nearby town.  Read more…
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Stonehaven Beach

Stonehaven beach sits within the harbour town of Stonehaven midway between Aberdeen in the north and Montrose in the south. The beach is within a half-moon bay and has all the facilities you expect of a town beach. Read more…
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Aberdeen Beach

Aberdeen beach itself is famous for its golden sand and its long curved length between the harbour (Footdee) and the River Don’s mouth. The beach suffers from the erosion of the sand so there are distinctive groyne or walls, to help keep the sand in place. The beach is popular with walkers, surfers, kite surfers and windsurfers, is backed by Read more…
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Inverboyndie Beach

Inverboyndie beach is within Boyndie Bay to the eat of Banff. The beach is a long sandy beach backed by a grassy area at the car park. Facilities at the beach include car parking, toilets, children’s play area, caravan park. For shops and places to eat you will need to visit Banff. Read more…
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Fraserburgh Beach

Fraserburgh beach is a 2-mile long sandy beach backed by sand dunes that stretches eastwards away from the fishing harbour. The eastern end is also referred to as Philorth beach after the Philorth Local Nature Reserve. The beach is popular with surfers, windsurfers and divers. The west end of the beach has access to all the facilities in Fraserburgh whilst the eastern end at Philorth Read more…