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BALMEDIE VILLAGE The village facilities include a primary school, a small library and a sports centre. Shops include a small supermarket, a pharmacy, a fish and chip shop and a convenience store/post office. Other services include a hair salon, a car mechanic, a cafe/gallery and the White Horse hotel which has two bars and a restaurant. In 2007 Barratt Homes established its North Scotland headquarters in Balmedie. Stagecoach provides bus services linking Balmedie to Aberdeen, Ellon, Fraserburgh and Peterhead. BALMEDIE COUNTRY PARK The Country Park provides amenities within the dunes for visitors, including parking, toilets, wooden walkways across the sands and streams, picnic areas with barbecues, and a swing park with a fishing theme for children. The park is often used by horse riders as a starting / finishing point for beach rides and there is plenty of room to park a horsebox or trailer.1 Local people use the beach more than anyone for walks or jogging in the fresh air. The dunes are wonderful places for finding a sunny and sheltered spot to read in, or sunbathe on a good day, or for games of hide and seek.2 The park is open during the hours of daylight every day of the year. Over the years the beach has won a number of awards. MENIE ESTATE Menie House, a grand 14th Century country property surrounded by over 200 Acre s of private land, collectively known as the Menie Estate . Formerly owned by Sandra and Tom Griffin, American billionaire Donald Trump purchased a large part of the estate in 2006. He plans to build a vast golf complex, which would substantially damage native Sand Dune s Habitat at a Site Of Special Scientific Interest , according to analysis by Scottish Natural Heritage .The Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland, August 6, 2007, page 33 EXTERNAL LINKS
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