Storybook Glen, Aberdeen

Name: Storybook Glen
Address: Aberdeen, United Kingdom

#77 among attractions in Aberdeen

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The Den and the Glen is a children's park in Maryculter, Scotland, near the city of Aberdeen. It is best known for its disformed and off-looking models of various fairytale characters, as well as some more modern characters such as Shrek and Postman Pat. The most well known statue is of Barney The Dinosaur, which became an internet meme with the caption "cha cha real smooth". It has been rated a 4-star visitor attraction by the Scottish Tourist Board. ()

Coordinates: 57°5'9"N, 2°13'51"W

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North KincardineAberdeen United Kingdom

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Storybook Glen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, Springbank Cemetery, Hazlehead Park, Johnston Gardens.

2.9 miNE
57°6'43"N • 2°10'11"W
Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, Aberdeen
75 min walk • Golf
4.5 miNE
Cemetery
Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen
115 min walk • Springbank Cemetery is located on Countesswells Road, Aberdeen. It opened in 1884. The cemetery is operated by the local authority, Aberdeen City Council, is one of seventeen cemeteries in Aberdeen. It is located on Countesswells Road with entrances on both Countesswells Road and Springfield Road where the cemetery lodge is situated.
4.2 miNE
Park
Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen
107 min walk • Hazlehead Park is a public park in the Hazlehead area of Aberdeen, Scotland. 180 hectares in size, it was opened to the public in 1920, having formerly been the estate of Hazlehead House, home of William Rose, shipbuilder.
4.6 miNE
Park, Garden
Johnston Gardens, Aberdeen
119 min walk • Johnston Gardens is a small public garden in Aberdeen, Scotland. The garden has won the Britain in Bloom competition many times. The gardens are full with flowers and shrubbery which sole purpose is for aesthetics. This is a very popular place for wedding photographs to be taken.
1.3 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Deeside Way, Aberdeen
34 min walk • The Deeside Way is a 41-mile rail trail that follows, in part, the bed of the former Deeside Railway in Aberdeenshire. Forming part of the National Cycle Network the trail leads from Aberdeen to Ballater.
1.6 miNE
Church, Specialty museum, Museum
Blairs College, Aberdeen
41 min walk • St Mary's College, Blairs, situated near Aberdeen in Scotland, was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood.
3 miNE
Bridge
Shakkin' Briggie, Aberdeen
78 min walk • St. Devenick's Bridge is a disused suspension footbridge which crosses the River Dee from Ardoe to Cults near Aberdeen in Scotland.
3.8 miS
Church
Cookney Church
98 min walk • Cookney Parish Church, now business premises within a converted listed building, was a Christian place of worship in the village of Cookney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
4.1 miNE
Park
Green spaces and walkways in Aberdeen, Aberdeen
106 min walk • The Scottish city of Aberdeen has a number of green spaces and walkways. The parks, gardens and floral displays which include 2 million roses, 11 million daffodils and 3 million crocuses have led the city to win the Royal Horticultural Society's Britain in Bloom Best City award many times, including a period of nine years straight.
2 miW
Archaeological site
Normandykes, Aberdeen
50 min walk • Normandykes is the site of a Roman marching camp 1 mile to the southwest of Peterculter, City of Aberdeen, Scotland. The near-rectangular site, measuring approximately 860 by 510 metres, covers about 106 acres of the summit and eastern slopes of a hill overlooking the River Dee and the B9077 road further south.
3.4 miSE
Archaeological site
Auld Bourtreebush
86 min walk • Auld Bourtreebush is a large Neolithic stone circle near Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is also known as Old Bourtree Bush or Old Bourtreebush.