Sandhaven

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Sandhaven
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Sandhaven Harbour
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Sandhaven
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population860 (mid-2020 est.) [1]
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
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UK
Scotland
Coordinates: 57°41′50″N2°03′49″W / 57.6972588°N 2.0636460°W / 57.6972588; -2.0636460

Sandhaven is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which lies between Rosehearty to the west and Fraserburgh to the east. It is joined to the even smaller village of Pitullie to the west. [2]

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References

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  1. "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 1447
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