A unique walking tour through a north-east port will highlight the historical buildings expected to influence a multimillion-pound regeneration scheme.
Alan Marshall, a consultant architect on the Fraserburgh 2021 project to restore and renovate tired buildings in the town’s new conservation zone, will lead the event next month.
Mr Marshall will guide the group through Fraserburgh’s shopping district and on to Kinnaird Head – a lighthouse built atop a 16th-century castle – while telling them more about the scheme and the town’s historical significance.
The walking tour will take place on Saturday, September 12th at 11.30am. The walk will start outside Saltoun Chambers and then visit Broad Street, Shore Street and Kinnaird Head.
Councillor John Cox, the chairman of the Banff and Buchan area committee, which approved the conservation zone in January, said the tour would be a “unique opportunity” for residents.
“Fraserburgh has an incredible history, and many of these stories are held within the town’s bricks and mortar,” he added.
“There will be a Fraserburgh 2021 information stand at Super Saturday which is also on September 12, and this will be another great opportunity to learn more about the project.”
The walk will finish at the Heritage Museum, and will take approximately 45 minutes.
If the weather is unsuitable for walking, the group will head indoors to Saltoun Chambers where a presentation on Fraserburgh’s key historic buildings will be given.
Fraserburgh is a late 16th century ‘new town’ of design unique to Scotland. Much of its early street pattern still exists today.
The Fraserburgh 2021 will pump £5million into restoring old buildings in the town over five years.