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Portlethen
Human settlement in Scotland

Portlethen

Portlethen is a town located approximately 7 miles south of Aberdeen, Scotland, along the A92.

The population according to the 2022 census was 8,969, making it the seventh most populous settlement within Aberdeenshire.

How locals move

Getting around Portlethen the local way

  • Get inAberdeen is the transport hub for the county, with good air, rail and road connections, and car ferries to Orkney and the Shetland Islands.

From Wikivoyage: Aberdeenshire, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Scottish Government (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.