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The grey timber front of Bumble and Brae in Gardenstown, green trim and hanging baskets by the door.
Aberdeenshire

Bumble and Brae

A cosy family café in the cliff village of Gardenstown, with good coffee and home bakes.

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Welcome

Gardenstown, known locally as Gamrie, is a fishing village built on the face of the cliffs above the Banffshire coast, its houses stacked on terraces down to the harbour.

Bumble and Brae is its café, cosy and family-run.

The family behind it love baking, and the counter shows it, with home bakes and scones through the day. The coffee is good, breakfast is served, and the welcome is warm, whether for the locals who come in daily or for walkers and people who have parked their motorhome by the shore.

It opens from Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm, and tables can be reserved. Walk it off afterwards along the shore to Crovie, the tiny village of cottages squeezed between the cliff and the sea a short way along the bay. For the evening, the Garden Arms is in the village.

A short drive awayCullykhan BayA small sandy cove west of Pennan below Castle Point, where the site of Fort Fiddes looks over the sea and the blowhole of Hell's Lum.9 min by roadSee itGrassy headlands enclose a small sandy beach with gentle waves
Before you go

Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.

Tables can be reserved.

Hours
Wed to Sun, 10 to 4.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
10am–4pm
Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday
10am–4pm
Saturday
10am–4pm
Sunday
10am–4pm
Where it is

Gardenstown.

Close byAround Gardenstown.
  1. GardenstownGardenstownUnder a mile1 min by road
  2. CrovieCrovie2 miles6 min by road
  3. Gannets nesting on a steep coastal cliff face above the seaTroup Head3 miles10 min by road
  4. Narrow rocky gorge with moss-covered floor cutting through grassy hillsideHell’s Lum near Cullykhan Bay5 miles9 min by road
  5. PennanPennan5 miles8 min by road
Directions
Grassy headlands enclose a small sandy beach with gentle wavesAttractionsCullykhan Bay4.6 miles
The whitewashed row of Pennan below the cliffs, the red phone box by the inn.RestaurantsThe Pennan Inn5.3 miles
Woman standing beside the Coastal Cuppie kiosk with its chalkboard menuCafeCoastal Cuppie5.4 miles
Visitors walking towards a glass-fronted blue building beneath a rocky overhangAttractionsMacduff Marine Aquarium8.0 miles
Fishing boats moored in the basin of Macduff harbour under a clear sky.AttractionsMacduff Harbour8.1 miles
An old ship's anchor set above Macduff harbour and the sea.CafeThe Platform and Annie's Cakery8.3 miles
Dark rocks and reef along the shore at Aberdour Beach, the sea beyond.AttractionsNew Aberdour Beach8.9 miles
The stone front of an old Banff building, its tall windows with carved surrounds.AttractionsBanff and Macduff Heritage Trail9.3 miles
Symmetrical stone mansion with twin staircases and tall corner chimneys, set on open lawnAttractionsDuff House9.4 miles
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