Gourdon is a coastal fishing village in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, south of Inverbervie

Inverbervie

Inverbervie is a small town on the north-east coast of Scotland, south of Stonehaven, in the Aberdeenshire council area.The Inverbervie name derives from Inbhir Beirbhe, meaning Mouth of the River Bervie in Scottish Gaelic.-History:...

 and north of Johnshaven

Johnshaven

Johnshaven is a coastal village along the North Sea located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is accessed off the A92 coast road that connects Fife and Stonehaven, where it joins the A90 and continues northward to Aberdeen and beyond...

, with a natural harbour. Its harbour was actually built in 1820. It was formerly in Kincardineshire

Kincardineshire

The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns was a local government county on the coast of northeast Scotland...

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Community Groups

Gourdon contains many prominent community groups:

Gourdon Mission Hall

Gourdon Mission Hall (Church of Scotland) is linked to Arbuthnott, Bervie & Kinneff Parish Church

Arbuthnott, Bervie & Kinneff Parish Church

Arbuthnott, Bervie and Kinneff is a united Parish. The Rev Dennis Rose of Boghall Church, Bathgate preached as Sole Nominee on June 27th 2010 and was elected minister of the parish...

. Services are held every Sunday at 6pm. The parish minister, Rev Dennis Rose, takes the service one a month.

Local Radio

Alongside the commercial enterprise of the local newspaper, The Mearns Leader, Gourdon has a Local Community Radio Station in Mearns FM. Broadcasting from nearby Stonehaven in the Townhall, Mearns FM helps to keep Gourdon up to date with local and charity events, as well as playing a wee bit of music. Staffed completely by volunteers, Mearns FM is run as a not for profit organisation, broadcasting under a Community Radio licence, with a remit to provide local focus news events and programming. Jointly funded by local adverts and local and national grants. Mearns FM has one of the largest listening areas of any Community Radio Station owing to the Mearns' distributed population, Mearns FM was set up to try to bring these distant communities together.

External links

• Gourdon at Knowhere
• Photographs of Gourdon