Abergeldie Castle, Cairngorms National Park

Name: Abergeldie Castle
Address: Cairngorms National Park, United Kingdom

#45 among attractions in Cairngorms National Park

Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted

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Abergeldie Castle, Cairngorms National Park

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Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands at an altitude of 840 feet, on the south bank of the River Dee, five miles west of Ballater, and about two miles east of the royal residence of Balmoral Castle. Behind it rises Creag nam Ban, a rounded granite hill about 527 metres high, and across the river to its front is the cairn-crowned Geallaig Hill, rising to 743 metres. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°2'36"N, 3°10'35"W

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Abergeldie Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Balmoral Castle, Crathie Kirk, Knock Castle, Morven.

1.9 miW
Royal residence with ballroom art show
Balmoral Castle, Ballater
50 min walk • Balmoral Castle stands as a quintessential emblem of Scottish heritage, nestled in the verdant landscape of Aberdeenshire, near the village of Ballater, United Kingdom. This private residence of the British Royal Family is steeped in history and grandeur, offering a...
1.4 miW
Church
Crathie Kirk, Cairngorms National Park
35 min walk • Crathie Kirk is a small Church of Scotland parish church in the Scottish village of Crathie, best known for being the regular place of worship of the British royal family when they are in residence at the nearby Balmoral Castle.
4 miE
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Knock Castle, Cairngorms National Park
103 min walk • Knock Castle is a ruined tower house in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It is typical of the traditional type of residence of a laird, a Scottish landed gentleman. Knock Castle is in Royal Deeside, about 1 mile west of the town of Ballater, and about 6 miles east of Balmoral.
7.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Morven, Cairngorms National Park
198 min walk • Morven is a Corbett in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 871 m high. The poet, Lord Byron, who spent some of his childhood in the area, mentions the mountain in his poem, When I Roved a Young Highlander: When I rov'd a young Highlander o'er the dark heath, And climb'd thy steep...
3.1 miSW
Memorial
Balmoral cairns, Cairngorms National Park
80 min walk • There are fourteen stone cairns on the Balmoral estate in Deeside, Scotland, including a single cairn on the adjoining Birkhall estate. The cairns commemorate members of the British royal family and events in their lives. The majority of the cairns were erected by Queen Victoria.
4.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Linn of Muick, Ballater
116 min walk • Linn of Muick is a waterfall on the river Muick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
1.6 miSW
Brewery, Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Royal Lochnagar Distillery, Ballater
40 min walk • Royal Lochnagar distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery based on the Abergeldie Estate on Royal Deeside, in the Highland whisky-producing area of Scotland. It is close to the mountain Lochnagar.
4.6 miE
Forts and castles
Abergairn Castle, Cairngorms National Park
117 min walk • Abergairn Castle is a ruined castle, dating from the 17th century, about one mile north of Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is built on the top of an isolated kame, at the north-east of the entrance to Glen Gairn.