Balmedie
Sign in to saveBalmedie () is a large village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies north of the city of Aberdeen, in the civil parish of Belhelvie, and is adjacent to a long, wide sandy beach backed by an extensive dune system.
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- Locality
- Balmedie
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,520
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- Sand dunes on Balmedie Beach.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Sand dunes at Balmedie in 2006
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Balmedie
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile Mheadhain
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ965178
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.civil_parish
- Belhelvie
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gordon and Buchan
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Aberdeenshire East
- UK place.post_town
- ABERDEEN
- UK place.postcode_district
- AB23
- UK place.postcode_area
- AB
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2560
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Old Road, Balmedie - geograph.org.uk - 121478.jpg
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- Commons category
- Balmedie
- historic county
- Aberdeenshire
- OS grid reference
- NJ966177
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Balmedie village
- Balmedie Country Park
- Menie Estate
- Legal dispute
- References
- External links
Balmedie () is a large village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies north of the city of Aberdeen, in the civil parish of Belhelvie, and is adjacent to a long, wide sandy beach backed by an extensive dune system.
Balmedie lies immediately south of the Sands of Forvie Site of Special Scientific Interest, which forms part of the wider Ythan Estuary coastal system. The dune landscape, dominated by marram grass, is one of the largest in Britain and supports a variety of coastal habitats and wildlife.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balmedie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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