Elsick House

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Elsick House is a historic house in Kincardineshire, North-East Scotland. It is situated in an agricultural area about two miles from the North Sea near the town of Newtonhill; the Elsick Estate is situated within the watershed of the Burn of Elsick, a stream that traverses the estate. The house is located on the Elsick Estate, and is the present family seat of the Duke of Fife. ()

Elevation: 302 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 57°2'37"N, 2°10'52"W

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Elsick House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, Doonie Point, Cowie Chapel, Deeside Way.

4.7 miN
57°6'43"N • 2°10'11"W
Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, Aberdeen
122 min walk • Golf
2.4 miS
Climbing
Doonie Point
60 min walk • Doonie Point is a rocky headland situated approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the village of Muchalls in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The clifftop of Doonie Point yields views to the north of Grim Brigs, Brown Jewel and the coast of Newtonhill.
4.6 miS
Ruins
Cowie Chapel, Stonehaven
118 min walk • The Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan is a ruined chapel overlooking the North Sea immediately north of Stonehaven, in the Mearns of Scotland, along the northern shoreline of Stonehaven Bay.
4.5 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Deeside Way, Aberdeen
116 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.
1.8 miS
Forts and castles
Muchalls Castle
46 min walk • Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of Muchalls.
3.8 miN
Church, Specialty museum, Museum
Blairs College, Aberdeen
98 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.
4.7 miS
Forts and castles
Cowie Castle
121 min walk • Cowie Castle is a ruined fortress in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site lies at the northern end of Stonehaven on the North Sea coast. To the immediate south is the Cowie Bridge crossing of the Cowie Water. Evidence of prehistoric man exists in the vicinity dating to the Iron Age in the form of ring cairns.
1.4 miSW
Church
Cookney Church
37 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.
3.5 miNW
Amusement, Amusement park
Storybook Glen, Aberdeen
89 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.
4.8 miNW
Archaeological site
Normandykes, Aberdeen
123 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.
4.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Raedykes
108 min walk • Raedykes is the site of a Roman marching camp located just over three miles northwest of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. National Grid Reference NO 842902. It is designated as a scheduled monument.