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Inverbervie, commonly referred to as 'Bervie' is 8miles south of Stonehaven on the Coast road. Formerly a royal burgh, from 1341 to 1975, and a parliamentary burgh from 1708 to 1950 within the county of Kincardineshireuntil 1975, when the county was merged into the Grampian Region. The Aberdeenshire Council area which now includes Inverbervie, was created when the region system was eradicated in 1996. Aberdeenshire is also the name of another former county which was merged into the Grampian Region in 1975.
History reports that in 1341, King David II and Queen Johanna were forced by bad weather to land just north of here on their way back to Scotland from exile in France. They were treated so well by the villagers that Inverbervie was granted Royal Burgh status that year.
It was a busy fishing port up to the early 19th century.
Harbour improvements were carried out by Thomas Telford
in 1819 but ther is no longer an active harbour. Near the shore lies a Caravan Park and Leisure Centre.
As you enter Inverbervie from Stonehaven you will see as you cross the bridge the distinctive Hercules Clinton Memorial.
Inverbervie was the birthplace of Hercules Linton, designer of the world famous, Scottish-built clipper ship Cutty Sark
Author Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) lived in nearby Arbuthnott. Novels include: Sunset Song (1932), Cloud Howe (1933) and Grey Granite (1934), published collectively as the trilogy A Scots Quair. The Grassic Gibbon Centre comemorates his life and work.
There are several hotels in the town and a main street, King Street with shops.
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