Website last updated at 09:48h GMT, Thursday, 5th November 2011

Hello and welcome to the website for Fordyce village
and surrounding area!

This website is designed for both residents and visitors alike, to provide local information, both historical and topical. Many events take place in the surrounding area – from regular car boot sales to ceilidhs and the ever-successful Fordyce Open Day.

This website is owned and run by local website designers Virtual Eye Media on a voluntary basis.

Having established the website, we would now like to invite any interested parties to submit any articles of interest/news pieces/event information which they feel may be of interest. Please submit any information in the form of an email to editor@fordyce.org.uk. All emails will be personally answered.

The editor reserves the right of control over all content within this website, however cannot be held liable for the accuracy of information received.

The Coat of Arms which is shown on our banner here was granted to Fordyce on the 10th of May 1999 to mark the 500th anniversary of a charter being granted to Bishop William Elphinstone to create the village as a Burgh of Barony.

Over the centuries Fordyce has, and continues to be, a thriving village, providing a fantastic sense of community and pride for all of its inhabitants.

In recent years the village has increased its profile by the inception of its annual ‘Open day’ and by the regular coffee mornings, extremely popular ‘soup and sweet’ events, and various social gatherings, held either in the Village Hall or in Fordyces’ unique Joiner’s Workshop.

All of these events are designed to enhance the sense of community within the village, and to help fund various initiatives such as the creation of a Woodland Walk on the edge of the village and the modernization of the Fordyce Village Hall itself.

News Headlines

April & May – busy months in Fordyce!
April & May have been an exceptionally busy couple of months within the village, with real success being achieved by the Community Association’s efforts, both in terms of arranging fundraising events and by attracting a record turnout for the recent Fordyce Community Association AGM.  April began by attracting many into the village with the ever popular soup and sweet event. This took place on a lovely Sunday afternoon on the 10th of April. An excellent turnout of helpers and the sterling efforts of our expert soup (and sweet!) makers helped create an extremely worthwhile day. A vote of thanks was given to all involved at the subsequent Community Association meeting. Over £900 was raised, with £100 being donated to Cancer Research. MORE

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Has Spring Finally Sprung in Fordyce?
After a stuttering start, Spring seems to have finally arrived in the village.
New blooms are in evidence, and the daffodils are making a concerted effort to show face!
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Fordyce Photography Group
Fordyce Photography Group consists of a group of friends who meet on a regular basis to capture images of Fordyce and the surrounding area.
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It’s GRS to the rescue!
Following the flooding and accompanying damage experienced by the village back in September 2010, local construction firm GRS Ltd have been busy reinforcing lengths of Fordyce Burn most affected by the exceptional weather.
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Farmers Rally Round to Defend Fordyce Against Floods.   Local farmers have been busy outwith the village, creating effective defences against further flood risks in the future. Ronnie Urquhart, manager of Bogton Farm, part of Seafield Estates, has, along with staff, carried out extensive defense works to the North, South and East of the village. This work has included the cleaning out and widening of existing ditches and the creation of new defences, many of which are not visible to the casual observer. .
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Fordyce Village Calendars
Following the success of the Fordyce Garden Open Day, a 2011 Calendar of some of the gardens that took part are now on sale. These are available at Annie's Gift Shop in Fordyce or from any Association Committee Member.
PREVIEW CALENDAR

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Fordyce Garden Open Day Success
Fordyce Garden Open Day 2010 has been a resounding success with a record number of visitors. ....Fordyce Open Day 2010 - Slide show

 

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WHATS ON
Wendy's Art Diary

Fordyce Photography Group


GALLERY

The October / November issue of the Fordyce Parish Magazine, ‘FOCUS’, is now online.

CLICK HERE

This is an excellent publication which contains a lot of news within the Parish of Fordyce. Fordyce Parish incorporates the villages of Sandend, Fordyce and the town of Portsoy, and extends South almost as far as the Knock Hill. Many thanks to Mrs Ishbel Mackinnon, with whose kind permission the Magazine is included in our website. http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk

Fordyce Primary School

The pupils at Fordyce Primary School have been working hard to produce designs for a significant revamp of the public garden in School Road.

This redesign has been instigated by the Community Association taking over responsibility for the garden form Aberdeenshire Council.

The centrepiece of the garden is a beautiful sundial which has been created by the village’s resident harp maker, Tim Hobrough.

The designs can now be viewed HERE!