Collie Burn

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Collie Burn
The Collie Burn - geograph.org.uk - 2090082.jpg
Passing through a culvert beneath the A982
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
  coordinates 57°29′45″N1°50′50″W / 57.495747°N 1.847092°W / 57.495747; -1.847092
Mouth River Ugie
  location
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
  coordinates
57°31′01″N1°48′36″W / 57.516856°N 1.809919°W / 57.516856; -1.809919
  elevation
Sea level
Length~2.3 mi

Collie Burn is a watercourse in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

A Collieburn Crescent exists in Peterhead, but it is located around 0.4 miles (0.64 km) east of the burn's mouth, in the vicinity of the Fish-House.

In 2014, work was undertaken to repair the crumbling banks of the burn. [1]

The burn's name is derived from the Gaelic Coille, meaning hill or wood. [2]

Course

The burn runs for around 2.3 miles (3.7 km) from a spring to the northeast of Hillhead of Cocklaw and flows in that direction initially, passing beneath several farm access roads. It turns north as it flows towards Longside Road, before turning east to pass beneath the roundabout at Longside Road and the A90. It continues, just south of Howe o'Buchan House, along the northern side of Longside Road for a couple of hundred yards, then turns north at the edge of Peterhead's downtown. Continuing north, through Collieburn Park, [3] the burn passes beneath Inverugie Road and then runs parallel to Maggie Black's Trail. [4] Shortly before emptying into the River Ugie, [5] the burn passes beneath North Road, the A982, just east of its junction with Waterside Road. It was in this section that 32 feet (9.8 m) of the burn's banks washed away in 2014. [1] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Ross, Jamie (26 August 2014). "£44,000 bid to save Peterhead beauty spot". Press and Journal. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  2. Scotland, Buchan Club, Peterhead (1910). The Book of Buchan: A Scientific Treatise in Six Sections, on the Natural History of Buchan, Prehistoric Man in Aberdeenshire, and the History of the North-East in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Times. Buchan Club. p. 127.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Settlement Summary: PeterheadAberdeenshire_Council
  4. "Maggie Black's Plot project - growing community spirit". Press and Journal. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  5. Pratt, John Burnett (1901). Buchan. L. Smith & Son. p. 97.
  6. "View Notice - Public Contracts Scotland". www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2025.