Spey Bay
| Spey Bay Gaelic: Inbhir Spè | |
| Banffshire | |
|---|---|
 The Tugnet icehouse; osprey sculpture to the right | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 57°40’5"N, 3°5’18"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Fochabers |
| Postcode: | IV32 |
| Dialling code: | 01343 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Moray |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Moray |
Spey Bay is a small settlement on the Banffshire coast. It is situated on the eastern side of the mouth of the River Spey, which here forms the border with Morayshire, on the coast of the Moray Firth. On the opposite bank of the Spey lies Kingston on Spey in Morayshire. The fishing port of Buckie lies to the east.
Tourist attractions
- Spey Bay's origins are in salmon fishing on the Spey. The fishing station is no longer operational but the Tugnet icehouse - claimed to be the largest in Scotland - remains as a tourist attraction.
- A part of the former fishing station has been converted to provide the Moray Firth Wildlife Centre, operated by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. Famed for the dolphins, the Centre is within a wildlife haven that is also home to Ospreys, grey and harbour seals, otters, wildfowl and waders. It is part of a 1,100-acre nature reserve which forms part of the largest vegetated shingle habitat in Scotland.[1]
- The Speyside Way long-distance footpath passes through Spey Bay.
- The Spey Bay Golf Club along the side of the Speyside Way.
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1st Fairway at Spey Bay Golf Club -
18th Fairway at Spey Bay Golf Club -
18th Green at Spey Bay Golf Club
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bay Spey Bay) |
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