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warm welcome and a friendly atmosphere awaits all guests staying at Bayview.
Ken & Ann Fraser, the owners, take a personal interest in their guests
to ensure they have a pleasant time in this beautiful part of Scotland.
Bayview Accommodation
Bayview's modernized accommodation consists of two large bedrooms both with en-suite shower rooms.
The triple room can sleep three adults - ideal for golf or walking groups and our family room sleeps two adults and two children. Tea and coffee making facilities, radio, TV, DVD & video are provided in each room. Guests also have free use of our WiFi Internet service. A free public car park is located adjacent to the house.
Things to do and places to visit:
Kingston is ideally located on the coast of the Moray Firth, near to the
mouth of the river Spey, with a host of attractions nearby offering something
of interest to everyone.
The local area is popular with golfers, fishermen, bird watchers, walkers and cyclists, there are also local stables that cater for horse riding.
Many guests use us as a base to visit the Moray Wildlife Centre - part
of the Dolphin & Whale Conservation Society in Spey Bay, the Findhorn
Foundation, Pluscarden Abbey and the World Famous Whisky Trail with many
distilleries located in Moray.
The beach at Kingston is an ideal spot to look for dolphins as they make
their way up and down the coast; an estimated 150 live in the Moray Firth.
Kingston Wild Bird Reserve is yards from Bayview, where
a wide variety of birds can be seen from the viewing areas In the spring
and summer, Ospreys can be seen on a daily basis fishing at the mouth
of the Spey.
Garmouth & Kingston Golf Club is a 18 hole links
course that borders the river Spey. All visitors are welcome and guests
at Bayview can enjoy "Free Golf "as part of all our Golf &
B&B package starting from £38 pp pn.
Fishing
Salmon have been fished from the mouth of the River Spey since prehistoric
times. The River Spey is less than a mile from Bayview. It offers the
choice of both sea and fresh water fishing for trout and salmon; permits
can be purchased locally in Spey Bay.
Walking
As part of the East Coast Trail, Kingston is ideally located; to the east
at Spey Bay is where followers of the Speyside Way long distance footpath
finally reaches the sea. To the west, the large semi wilderness of the
of the Lossie Forest stretches for over 5 miles along the coast to Lossiemouth.
Kingston - on - Spey was founded in 1784 and named after Kingston - upon
- Hull in Yorkshire. Dodsworth & Osborne, shipbuilders from Hull established
shipyards at Kingston capable of building boats up to 500 tons with masts
60 ft high.
In the early 1800's, Clipper ships were built here to service the tea
trade from India. At nearby Spey Bay, The Tugnet Ice House, built in 1830,
remains on view as a monument to the Salmon Fishing Station industry.
Directions:
From Aberdeen - A96 at Mosstodloch take the B9015 to Garmouth. After the
bridge in Garmouth turn right onto Church Street; at the hotel turn left
to Spey Street and follow the road to Kingston. Bayview is on the corner
of Shore Road and Beach Road. From Inverness - A96 enter Lhanbryde; in
Lhanbryde follow the sign to Garmouth. In Garmouth, Station Road leads
to the High Street, at the junction with Spey Street turn left and follow
the road to Kingston.
Email Bayview enquiries & reservations: bookscotland@madbookings.com
