Buckie

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Buckie

Total population

9,120

Coordinates57.68°, -2.96°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was abolished in 1975. The town is the third largest in the Moray council area after Elgin and Forres and within the definitions of statistics published by the General Register Office for Scotland was ranked at number 75 in the list of population estimates for settlements in Scotland mid-year 2006. Buckie is virtually equidistant to Banff to the east and Elgin to the west, with both approximately 17 miles distant whilst Keith lies 12 mi (19 km) to the south by road.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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James Reid

Sport shooter, born 1875

Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond

British politician (1764-1819)

Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond

British aristocrat and peeress (1768–1842)

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon

British noble (1743-1827)

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Alex Wilson

Scottish footballer (1933-2010)

James Clark

British Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1788–1870)

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Alex Smith

Scottish footballer born 1915

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Alexander Dunbar Winchester

Roman Catholic clergyman

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Billy Milne

Scottish footballer (1895-1975)

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George Cowie

British footballer (born 1961)

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George Henry Bennett

Australian politician

George Imlach McIntosh

Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1897-1968)

George Lawson Milne

Canadian politician (1850–1933)

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George Stewart

British association football player (1927-2011)

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George Stronach

British merchant seaman, George Cross recipient in World War II

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James Ogilvy-Grant, 9th Earl of Seafield

British politician (1817-1888)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Buckie

Buckie

Ordnance Survey · 1977

Days of yore, or, Buckie & district in the past

Geo Hutcheson · 1997

Buckie and Keith

Ordnance Survey · 2002

Elgin, Dufftown, Buckie and Keith

Ordnance Survey · 2002

Buckie and area past & present

Mike Seton · 1988

ACT LR 028 Elgin Dufftown Buckie & Keith

Ordnance Survey · 2016

LR 028 Elgin Dufftown Buckie & Keith (LANDRANGER MAPS)

Ordnance Survey · 2016

LR028 Elgin, Dufftown, Buckie and Keith (Landranger Maps) (OS Landranger Map)

Ordnance Survey · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Bell Heather

Erica cinerea

Seen 2026-09-14

blusher

Amanita rubescens

Seen 2026-09-13

Liberty Cap

Psilocybe semilanceata

Seen 2026-09-10

Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Seen 2026-09-07

Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus

Seen 2026-09-07

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Seen 2026-09-07

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Seen 2026-09-03

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-09-03

Lion's Mane Jelly

Cyanea capillata

Seen 2026-09-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers