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Dog friendly beaches in Aberdeen
♡ Favourite♥ SavedBalmedie
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Golf courses galore
- Fine coastal walks and views
- Seaside Award
- Dog friendly beach in Aberdeen

This is one of Scotland's longest beaches, stretching fourteen miles from the mouth of the River Don in Aberdeen. Access to the beach is easiest about eight miles north of Aberdeen, where there's a handy car park, picnic area and play park. Balmedie is flat and sandy, with dunes… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedSands of Forvie
Collieston
Aberdeenshire
- Outstanding natural beauty
- Dogs allowed all year round
- Sands of Forvie & Ythan Estuary SSSI
- Scottish Coastal Path
- Dog friendly beach in Aberdeenshire

Located next to the River Ythan estuary, the Sands of Forvie are one of Scotland's National Nature Reserves, featuring the beauty of empty sand dunes, accompanied by the sound of eider ducks and the half buried remains of a 12th Century church. Bird life is plentiful, including… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedNewburgh
Newburgh
Aberdeenshire
- At the mouth of the River Ythan
- Seals bask across the estuary
- Forvie National Nature Reserve
- Dogs welcome all year round

What a difference a season makes. The wild easterly winds of March were replaced for this summer re-visit with seals that basked in the warm, bright sunshine, under blue skies. The texture of the soft beach sand here was being recorded by art student Nathan, whom I interviewed.… Read more











