The Shore Inn is a

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Portsoy Portsoy () is a small town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historically, Portsoy was in Banffshire until 1975. The original name may come from ''Port Saoithe'', meaning "saithe harbour". Portsoy is located on the Moray Firth coast of northeast Scotl ...

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, Scotland. Dating to the mid-18th century, and overlooking Portsoy Harbor, it is now a

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building. It is two storeys with an attic. Given its historical status, planning permission to replace the building's first-floor windows with

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ones in 2020 was denied. The inn featured in the sixth series of the

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'', in which it was renamed the Hotel Lalanne."Peaky Blinders filming locations: where is it set as Cillian Murphy and cast seen in Portsoy shooting season 6"
– ''

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'', 9 February 2021"Street closures ahead as Peaky Blinders film crew transforms Portsoy harbour"
– '' The Northern Scot'', 27 January 2021

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File:Portsoy Old Harbour.jpg, Looking southwest, the inn's location at the junctions of Shore Street (foreground), Church Street (leading south) and Shorehead (right)

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