Aboyne is a town on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, around 26 miles (42 kilometres) west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green as well as is house to the earliest 18 hole Golf links on Royal Deeside. Aboyne Castle and the Loch of Aboyne are nearby. Aboyne has numerous businesses, consisting of a supermarket (Co-op), one bank, numerous stylists, a butcher, a newsagent, an Indian dining establishment and also a post office. Originally, there was a train station in the town, however it was closed on 18 June 1966. The station currently includes some shops as well as the tunnel running under the town is currently residence to a firearms club. The market-day in Aboyne was referred to as Fèill Mhìcheil (Scottish Gaelic for "Michael's Fair").