Durris Forest

#6173 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Durris Forest is a chiefly coniferous forest south of the River Dee approximately three kilometres west of Netherley in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The A957 road forms the southwest boundary of Durris Forest, separating it from Fetteresso Forest. The Durris Forest includes several smaller named woodlands. The ancient route of Elsick Mounth crosses the Grampian Mounth within the Durris Forest. Notable natural features in the vicinity include Red Moss and Meikle Carewe Hill. Notable historic features in this area include Raedykes Roman Camp, Muchalls Castle and Maryculter House. ()

Coordinates: 57°1'41"N, 2°20'56"W

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Durris Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Crathes Castle, Stonehaven Open Air Pool, Stonehaven Tolbooth, Cairn Mon Earn.

4.1 miNW
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Crathes Castle, Banchory
106 min walk • Crathes Castle is a 16th-century castle near Banchory in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland. It is in the historic county of Kincardineshire. This harled castle was built by the Burnetts of Leys and was held in that family for almost 400 years.
6.8 miSE
Water park, Amusement park, Sport venue
Stonehaven Open Air Pool, Stonehaven
173 min walk • Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool, Queen Elizabeth Park, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, is an Olympic sized heated open air public pool opened in 1934. It is the northernmost lido in the UK.
7.2 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Stonehaven Tolbooth, Stonehaven
184 min walk • The Stonehaven Tolbooth is a late 16th-century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison in the town of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
0.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Mon Earn
21 min walk • Cairn Mon Earn or Cairn-mon-earn is a hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
7.1 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Deeside Way, Aberdeen
181 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.
5.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Fetteresso Castle, Stonehaven
147 min walk • Fetteresso Castle is a 14th-century tower house, rebuilt in 1761 as a Scottish Gothic style Palladian manor, with clear evidence of prehistoric use of the site.
6.7 miSE
Church
Dunnottar Parish Church, Stonehaven
171 min walk • Dunnottar Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving Stonehaven in the south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Kincardine and Deeside. During 2020, the congregation united to the South Parish Church in Stonehaven to form Carronside Church of Scotland.
2.5 miSE
Stela
Lang Stane of Auquhollie
65 min walk • The Lang Stane of Auquhollie is an Ogam-inscribed standing stone some 6 kilometres north-west of Stonehaven in Scotland. Situated on south side of Meikle Carew Hill at a height of about 140 metres above sea level, the stone is approximately 3 metres in height and 0.75 metres in diameter, an unshaped monolith of gneiss.
5.1 miE
Church
Cookney Church
131 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.
6 miNE
Amusement, Amusement park
Storybook Glen, Aberdeen
153 min walk • 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.
4.7 miNE
Archaeological site
Normandykes, Aberdeen
120 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.