Portsoy Harbour

57.685414°N 2.690157°W / 57.685414; -2.690157

Portsoy Harbour
Portsoy Harbour, looking southeast (2008)
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Location	Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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No. of piers	1

Portsoy Harbour (also known as Portsoy's Old Harbour) is a harbour in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Situated immediately to the north of Portsoy's village centre and a few yards west of Links Bay, the harbour was established in 1692. It is now a Category A listed structure.^[1]

The harbour is accessed from the village centre by either High Street or Low Street, or from Links Bay via Shore Street. North High Street enters the harbour at Shorehead; Low Street at Shore Street. Both run along the southern edge of the harbour. Shore Street and Shorehead merge at Low Street.

A more modern, smaller harbour is located in the northeastern corner of the promontory. It is known as Portsoy New Harbour.

Buildings and structures

Corf Warehouse and the Old Co-Operative Grain Store form the western side of the harbour (2017)

Several listed buildings surround the eastern, southern and western sides of the harbour. They are (clockwise from the east):

• New Harbour, Shore Street (1828; Category B listed)^[2]
• 2 and 4 Shore Street (early 19th century; Category C listed)^[3]
• Shore Inn (mid-18th century; Category C listed)^[4]
• 5 Shorehead (1899; Category C listed)^[5]
• 6 and 7 Shorehead (late 18th century; Category B listed)^[6]
• 9 Shorehead (circa 1800; Category B listed)^[7]
• 10 Shorehead warehouse (late 18th century; Category C listed)^[8]
• 10 Shorehead (1726; Category A listed)^[9]
• Corf Warehouse, Shorehead (1765; Category A listed)^[10]
• Former James Watt Warehouse (mid-18th century; Category B listed)^[11]
• Old Co-Operative Grain Store, Shorehead (late 18th century; Category B listed)^[12]

See also

• List of ports and harbours in Scotland