Strichen

Strichen
Brig Street, Strichen, shawin the distinctive Toun Hoose
Strichen Location within Scotland
Population	1,020 [1] (Aiberdeenshire Cooncil)
OS grid reference	NJ946551
Cooncil area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	FRASERBURGH
Postcode destrict	AB43
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Banff and Buchan
Scots Pairlament	Aberdeenshire East
Leet o places UK Scotland 57°35′11″N 2°05′25″W / 57.5865°N 2.0904°W / 57.5865; -2.0904Coordinates: 57°35′11″N 2°05′25″W / 57.5865°N 2.0904°W / 57.5865; -2.0904

Strichen is a smaw village in Aiberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits on the A981, connectin it tae New Deer, 7.2 mile tae the soothwast, an the Broch, 8 mile tae the nor'-nor'east, an the B9093, connectin it tae Cyaak aboot 4 mile tae the wast. The village taks its name fae Laird Strachen. It is locatit on the River Ugie at the fithill o Mormond Hill. The Strichen White Horse is makit o quartz on Mormond Hill, some 1,500 metre nor'east o Strichen.^[2]

1. ↑ "Aberdeenshire Settlements Populations 2016" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. ↑ "Peterhead historical site". Archived frae the original on 18 Juin 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2020.