Free NE250 3-Day Coastal Itinerary
13 stops from Portgordon to Slains Castle - the coastal route we drove in the motorhome this autumn. Pop your details in and we'll email it straight over.
Take a peek inside
7 pages of the good stuff, with our own photos from the trip.
Why grab it?
We've just driven this coast ourselves, so it's the real route, not one cobbled together from Google. Everything you need for three days on the road, one page per day.
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01A day-by-day routeEvery stop in order, with drive times so you know how long each day really is.
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02Motorhome tipsWhere to park, where you can stay overnight and which villages not to drive into.
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03Where to stayOvernight stops for each night of the trip.
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04First dibs on the guidebookYou'll be first to hear when the full NE250 guidebook lands in 2027.
The NE250 coast in 3 days
The North East 250 is a road trip loop of roughly 250 miles around north-east Scotland, the NC500's quieter cousin. The coast is the highlight: sea arches, clifftop castles and fishing villages squeezed under the cliffs. Here's the route at a glance.
Portgordon to Findlater Castle
Seals at Portgordon, the sea arch at Bow Fiddle Rock and a night in Cullen.
Portgordon · Buckie · Bow Fiddle Rock · Cullen · Findlater Castle
Portsoy to Fraserburgh
Fishing villages day, from Portsoy's two harbours to tiny Crovie and the big beach at Fraserburgh.
Portsoy · Gardenstown · Crovie · Fraserburgh
Peterhead to Slains Castle
The wild bit: an old prison, a lighthouse, a collapsed sea cave and a clifftop ruin.
Peterhead Prison · Buchan Ness · Bullers of Buchan · Slains Castle
Want the full version? Parking tips, overnight stops, drive times and the tricky bits for bigger vans are all in the free PDF.
Get the free itineraryThe complete NE250 guidebook is coming in 2027
The whole loop: the coast, Aberdeen, Speyside, Royal Deeside and the Cairngorms. Sign up above and you'll hear about it first.