Banff and Macduff - Best of Banffshire

Banffshire

The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a local government county of Scotland with its own county council between 1890 and 1975. The county town was Banff although the largest community was Buckie to the west. It bordered the Moray Firth to the north, Moray and Inverness-shire to the west, and Aberdeenshire to the south. The county contained various exclaves which were locally situated in Aberdeenshire, the biggest being the parish and village of St. Fergus. The county's area is now split between Moray council and Aberdeenshire council.

Banff and Macduff are two towns situated in the north east of Scotland on the Moray Firth. They are only 1 mile apart and separated by a bridge over the River Deveron.

Both these towns offer the visitor splendid sea views and a wide variety of attractions.

The Royal Burgh of Banff is is well known for its magnificent architecture and colourful history. The area abounds with secluded coves and precipitous clifftop paths from which to view the magnificent highland scenery and superb sunsets that distinguish this
section of the Moray Firth coastline.

A harbour was first built in Macduff in 1760, though at
the time the village was called Doune. It became
Macduff in 1783: the family name of the landowner,
Lord Fife, was Duff. Expansion continued through the 1800s, with fishing continuing to be central to the economic health of Macduff.