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Garden House Trading's sign and window displays front a curved sandstone corner shop in Moray.
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Garden House Trading

A gift shop in a curved sandstone corner building on the Square in Cullen, full of cards, homewares, candles, scarves and souvenirs.

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On the Square in Cullen, a curved sandstone building on the corner holds Garden House Trading, a gift shop that visitors love to browse.

Its sign hangs over a door flanked by painted boards and windows full of pretty things.

Inside, the shelves are crowded with cards, candles, soft furnishings and home decorations, hats, gloves and scarves for the Moray winds, mirrors, cuddly Jellycat toys and souvenirs featuring Highland coos. Visitors mention the fair prices and the friendly owner, who wraps fragile things with care for the journey home.

The shop opens from eleven, Tuesday to Saturday, and from noon on Sundays, and closes at four. It is a pleasant stop on a wander round the Square, between a bowl of Cullen skink and a walk down under the viaduct to the beach.

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Before you go

Open Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 4pm, Sunday noon to 4pm; closed Monday.

Where
14-18 The Square, Cullen, AB56 4RL.
For
Gifts, homewares and cards.
Closed
Mondays.

Opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11am–4pm
Wednesday
11am–4pm
Thursday
11am–4pm
Friday
11am–4pm
Saturday
11am–4pm
Sunday
noon–4pm

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Where it is

On the Square in Cullen, AB56 4RL.

Close byCullen.
  1. The Rockpool café on a street corner beneath a stone railway viaductRockpool CaféA cafe on the same square.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. CullenCullenThe seaside town around it.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Scale model of Old Cullen marks the Royal Burgh's bicentennial in a museum displayCullen Heritage CentreThe museum on the Square.Under a mile 1 min by road
  4. Sandy beach and sea seen through the arched window of a wooden saunaSauna at the KingsA wood-fired barrel sauna on the edge of Cullen beach by the Three Kings stacks, with the North Sea for a cold plunge.Under a mile 3 min by road
  5. Grassy dunes and rocky sand lead to a curved headland beyond the baySunnyside BeachA secluded sandy cove below cliffs of gorse between Cullen and Findlater Castle, reached on foot and often almost empty.1 mile 4 min by road
Directions
Wooden steps lead down through grassy dunes towards a curving coastal pathAttractionsCullen Links Golf Club0.6 miles
Fishing boats moored in harbour below whitewashed cottages on a grassy hillsideAttractionsPortknockie2.5 miles
Portknockie Fish Bar, a white-painted chip shop with green trim, at duskRestaurantsPortknockie Fish and Chips2.5 miles
Bow Fiddle Rock arching over the sea near PortknockieAttractionsBow Fiddle Rock2.7 miles
Ruined stone building perched on a rocky headland above turquoise seaAttractionsFindlater Castle3.0 miles
The curving sands of Sandend Bay, yellow gorse in the foreground.AttractionsSandend Beach3.6 miles
Rows of casks on their racks in a Glenglassaugh warehouse.AttractionsGlenglassaugh Distillery3.6 miles
Weathered gravestones set into arched recesses within a ruined church wallAttractionsDeskford Kirk4.3 miles
Curved sign reading "Portsoy Ice Cream" on a stone corner buildingCafePortsoy Ice Cream5.5 miles

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