Aboyne is a town on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, about 26 miles (42 km) west of Aberdeen. It has a pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is house to the oldest 18 opening Golf course on Royal Deeside. Aboyne Castle as well as the Loch of Aboyne neighbor. Aboyne has several companies, consisting of a supermarket (Co-op), one financial institution, a number of stylists, a butcher, a newsagent, an Indian dining establishment as well as a post office. Originally, there was a railway station in the town, but it was closed on 18 June 1966. The station now has some stores as well as the passage running under the village is now residence to a weapons club. The market-day in Aboyne was referred to as Fèill Mhìcheil (Scottish Gaelic for "Michael's Fair").