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The white front of the Marine Hotel on the harbour at Stonehaven.
Aberdeenshire

The Marine Hotel

A harbourside bar serving the beer of its own brewery, six°north, and some of the best from Belgium.

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The Marine Hotel stands on Stonehaven's harbour front, and for anyone who cares about beer it is the place to drink in town.

It belongs to the six°north family of brewers, and the bar pours their own beer alongside some of the finest from around the UK, Belgium and further afield. It has been named Scotland's pub of the year by CAMRA, the real ale campaign.

The bar is small, warm and busy, the sort of room where locals and visitors end up at the same table, and there is a dram for anyone who would rather have whisky. Sit inside by the fire in winter or outside by the harbour in summer.

There is a restaurant and a run of guest rooms upstairs with views straight over the harbour, and it takes weddings and parties too. It is very much part of the town, a community-minded place as much as a hotel. Stonehaven's other harbour bars are a few steps away.

Round the cornerThe Ship InnAn inn of 1771 on the edge of Stonehaven harbour, with malts, real ale and a sun terrace.1 min by roadSee itThe white front of the Ship Inn on Stonehaven harbour.
Before you go

On the harbour front.

The bar pours six°north beer, and there are rooms upstairs.

Where
The harbour, Stonehaven.
Where it is

Stonehaven.

Close byAround Stonehaven.
  1. Plated chicken with tagliatelle and artichoke on a white-clothed restaurant tableTolbooth Seafood RestaurantA seafood restaurant upstairs in Stonehaven's Tolbooth, the town's oldest building, on the old pier, with fish landed in the harbour below.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. The white front of the Carron Fish Bar in Stonehaven with its sign about the deep-fried Mars bar.The Carron Fish BarThe Stonehaven chip shop where, the story goes, the deep-fried Mars bar was first fried, in 1992.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. StonehavenStonehavenUnder a mile2 min by road
  4. Connie & Ruby's shop interior with a red counter and colourful trinketsMy Beautiful CaravanUnder a mile2 min by road
  5. Man in chef's cap leans from serving hatch at thebayfishandchips.comThe Bay Fish & Chips1 mile3 min by road
Directions
The white front of the Ship Inn on Stonehaven harbour.BarsThe Ship InnA step away
The ice-cream counter at Aunty Betty's under its painted ceiling.CafeAunty Bettys1.0 miles
Swimmers and sunbathers round Stonehaven's open-air pool on a sunny day.AttractionsStonehaven Outdoor Pool1.0 miles
A ruined clifftop castle enclosed by sea stacks, waves breaking against the rocks belowAttractionsDunnottar Castle1.0 miles over the water
The white-streaked sea cliffs of Fowlsheugh above blue water, a seabird in flight.AttractionsRSPB Scotland Fowlsheugh4.7 miles
Waterfall dropping from grassy cliffs into a sheltered sea inletAttractionsRSPB Fowlsheugh4.7 miles
Grass-topped limestone cliff with a thin waterfall dropping into the seaAttractionsCrawton Waterfall4.8 miles
The white Creel Inn at Catterline with its sign, a lobster creel on the terrace.RestaurantsThe Creel Inn6.3 miles
Rowing boat "The Gray Starling" sits among wildflowers overlooking a rocky sea stackAttractionsCatterline Bay6.5 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near The Marine Hotel, and when each is next free.

Timber cabin with metal roof and decking surrounded by woodland treesNorth Lodge and River Cabin
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Banchory
  • 14 miles from The Marine Hotel
Free 11–13 NovA stone farmhouse covered in climbing ivy stands behind a gravel drive, seen through overhanging pine branches.Cuttieshillock
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Strachan
  • 14 miles from The Marine Hotel
Free 16–18 OctA stone cottage with dormer windows sits behind a low blue gate, a rose-covered archway framing the front door.Gamekeeper’s Cottage
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Strachan
  • 14 miles from The Marine Hotel
Free 2–4 NovA stone steading with a slated pyramid roof and a chimney stands behind a green nameplate sign, a chair visible through the window.No 2 Steading Cottage at Glendye
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Strachan
  • 14 miles from The Marine Hotel
Free 18–20 OctPlaces to stayEvery stay in AberdeenshireAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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