Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Buckie is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Findochty, 55km from The Lecht Road (A939).
Buckie is in Scotland, United Kingdom, with about 8,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Findochty, about 4 km away.
Buckie (Scottish Gaelic: Bucaidh) is a burgh town (defined as such in 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was abolished in 1975. The town is the third largest in the Moray council area after Elgin and Forres andRead more
within the definitions of statistics published by the General Register Office for Scotland was ranked at number 75 in the list of population estimates for settlements in Scotland mid-year 2006. Buckie is virtually equidistant from Banff to the east and Elgin to the west, with both approximately 17 miles (27 kilometres) distant, whilst Keith lies 12 mi (19 km) to the south by road.
Compare prices across Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, and more. Select your dates to see availability.
Pick your must-haves once: provider links open pre-filtered. Each filter lists which sites it applies to.
Compare before you book!
Prices can vary significantly between platforms. We recommend checking at least 2-3 sites to find the best deal for your stay in Buckie.
Discover famous landmarks, scenic roads, and more near Buckie.
Within an hour or so of Buckie: Bow Fiddle Rock (8 km), The Macallan Distillery (26 km), Glenfiddich Distillery (27 km), Pennan (42 km).
The nearest famous roads are The Lecht Road (A939), The Lecht (A939 Old Military Road) and Cairnwell Pass.
Buckie is in Scotland, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Findochty.
Road trip
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Start planningSwipe through places to go
Places within a drive of Buckie. Keep the ones you like and add them to your trip.
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
Full driving guide for United Kingdom8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Sea arch shaped like the tip of a fiddle bow, a short walk from the village of Portknockie on the Moray coast. At dawn the quartzite arch glows pink and doubles in the still water; dolphins pass close inshore.
8 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
A Speyside distillery with a much-photographed turf-roofed visitor building set into the hillside above the Spey.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The Speyside distillery at Dufftown that is still family-owned and among the largest single malt producers in the world.
27 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
A single row of white cottages squeezed between red sandstone cliffs and the sea, reached by a steep hairpin lane off the B9031. Star of the 1983 film Local Hero. Its red phone box is now listed.
42 km · about 50 min drive
film location
The red telephone box on the harbour front of this Aberdeenshire village is Local Hero's most famous prop, now a listed structure.
42 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Acclaimed motoring museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire, with everything from steam locomotives to supercars, plus its own outdoor test track used for summer motoring events.
52 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
The Cockbridge to Tomintoul road, Britain's most reliably snowbound route, a rollercoaster over the Cairngorms' eastern edge.
55 km · about 65 min drive
historic highway
Notorious high crossing of the eastern Cairngorms on the 18th-century military road between Cockbridge and Tomintoul, climbing to 637m with roller-coaster gradients: often the first UK road closed by snow.
56 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
Other places to explore near Buckie.
Your trip starts here
Pick the days, drop in the stops, and share it with whoever's coming.
