Fordyce, Banff, AB45 2SL

Fordyce is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is slightly inland from the point where the Burn of Fordyce meets the sea between Cullen and Portsoy. It has existed since at least the 13th century. In 1990, Charles McKean wrote that Fordyce was "a sheer delight to discover, concealed as it is from the passing eye by hills and rolling countryside". The locality falls within the AB 45 postal district and is part of the broader Aberdeenshire region. Its setting near a burn and the coast, combined with its long history, gives it a distinctive rural character and a sense of continuity.