Scotland’s Oldest Salmon
Fish House

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Our History

The Ugie Salmon Fish House was built in 1585 at the mouth of the River Ugie at Peterhead in the North East Scotland. It was originally built for George Keith, the Fifth Earl Marischal for curing and preserving game and fish. It is the only building in Peterhead surviving more than four centuries.

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The River Ugie

The Ugie Fish House overlooks the estuary of the River Ugie which is highly acclaimed for its excellent Salmon and Sea trout Fishing. Sadly due to Conservation measures, all catching of the iconic wild salmon in the sea and in the river is prohibited.

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The ancient art of smoking salmon

At Ugie Salmon we have mastered to perfection the traditional methods of preparing, smoking and hand slicing the Scottish salmon. The closely guarded skills and knowledge of our forefathers having been handed down from generation to generation.

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Our Standards of Excellence

Although over 400 years old the Ugie Salmon Fish House has been sensitively renovated internally to the very highest standards. We have been awarded the BRC certificate recognised the world over, assuring our Customers of quality, sustainability and traceability.

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Ugie Salmon Products

With meticulous care and supervision we now supply the very best smoked salmon to top hotels and restaurants in the UK and mainland Europe. We also supply by mail order to discerning customers direct from the Fish House to their door.

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The Perfect Gift

Ugie Smoked salmon is “The perfect gift for every occasion”. Whatever you are celebrating, birthdays, weddings, Christmas or Easter, “ a luxury product at a reasonable price”.

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Visit us at the Salmon Fish House

The Ugie Salmon Fish House is not a museum it is operated daily as a salmon and white fish smoking production unit. However the public are welcome to see this ancient building in its original setting and are given an opportunity to buy our products direct from The Fish House shop.