Macduff , United Kingdom

Macduff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Macduff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Banff across the estuary of the River Deveron. Macduff is a former burgh and is now the only place in the United Kingdom where deep-water wooden fishing boats are still built. The modern-day town has an aquarium, a maritime heritage centre and a golf course (Royal Tarlair).

COAST Festival of the Visual Arts is an annual festival of weekend-long events and attractions in both Banff and Macduff. It runs over the bank holiday weekend at the end of May each year. The town also used to have an outdoor swimming pool Tarlair Swimming Pool that has now fallen into disuse Many of the nearby villages also contribute to tourism in the area; in particular Gardenstown and Pennan.

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