Castle Forbes

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Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scottish baronial architecture style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 57°15'40"N, 2°37'44"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Gordon Way, Bennachie, Maiden Stone, Alford Heritage Centre & Museum.

5.1 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Gordon Way
131 min walk • The Gordon Way is a waymarked hiking trail in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It runs for 11 ¹⁄₂ miles through the Bennachie Forest. The route was one of a series maintained by the Forestry Commission and Aberdeenshire Council.
3.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Bennachie
86 min walk • Bennachie is a range of hills in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has several tops, the highest of which, Oxen Craig, has a height of 528 metres.
6.2 miNE
Stela
Maiden Stone, Inverurie
157 min walk • The Maiden Stone, also known as the Drumdurno Stone after the nearby farm, is a Pictish standing stone near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire in Scotland, probably dating to the 9th century AD.
3.4 miSW
57°13'48"N • 2°41'53"W
Alford Heritage Centre & Museum, Alford
86 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
3.3 miSW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Grampian Transport Museum, Alford
85 min walk • Grampian Transport Museum is a transport museum and charitable-based trust located in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its exhibits chart the history of transport in the north east of Scotland through dramatic displays, working and climb-aboard vehicle exhibits and video presentations.
3.8 miN
Forts and castles
Leslie Castle
98 min walk • Leslie Castle is a castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the historical seat of Clan Leslie, located just to the west of Auchleven, or about 45 kilometres northwest of Aberdeen.
6.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Cluny Castle, Monymusk
162 min walk • Cluny Castle was originally built c.1604 as a Z-plan castle replacing either a house or small peel tower. Sited in the parish of Cluny, it is south of Monymusk and north of Sauchen in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland.
2.8 miN
Forts and castles
Lickleyhead Castle
73 min walk • Lickleyhead Castle is a well-restored L-plan castle, dating from around 1600, a little south of Auchleven, by the banks of the Gadie Burn, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Alternative spellings are Licklihead and Licklyhead Castle.
3.3 miSW
Museum
Alford Valley Railway, Alford
85 min walk • The Alford Valley Railway is a 2 ft narrow gauge railway in the Howe of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located at what used to be the terminus of the passenger and goods Alford Valley Railway which connected with the Great North of Scotland Railway main line at Kintore.
3.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Balfluig Castle, Alford
85 min walk • Balfluig Castle is an L-plan tower house, dating from the mid-16th century, a mile south of Alford, in the Howe of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The tower is conspicuous throughout the Howe. It may be viewed by appointment.
5.5 miSE
Forts and castles
Tillycairn Castle, Monymusk
140 min walk • Tillycairn Castle is an L-plan castle, dating from the 16th century, standing on high ground around 2.0 miles south-east of Cluny in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.