Blairs College, Aberdeen

Name: Blairs College
Address: The Blairs Museum South Deeside Road, Aberdeen, AB12 5YQ, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1224 863767

#62 among attractions in Aberdeen

Church, Specialty museum, Museum

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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. Part of the former college now houses Blairs Museum, the museum of Scotland's Catholic heritage. The New Chapel is a Category A listed building, with the other buildings listed as Category B. ()

Coordinates: 57°5'54"N, 2°11'41"W

Address

The Blairs Museum South Deeside RoadNorth KincardineAberdeen AB12 5YQ United Kingdom

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+44 1224 863767

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Blairs College – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.3 miNE
57°6'43"N • 2°10'11"W
Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, Aberdeen
35 min walk • Golf
2.9 miNE
Cemetery
Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen
76 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.
2.9 miN
Park
Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen
74 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.
3.1 miNE
Park, Garden
Johnston Gardens, Aberdeen
80 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.
3.3 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum
The Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen
84 min walk • The Gordon Highlanders Museum is based in Aberdeen, Scotland and celebrates the story of the Gordon Highlanders regiment, which originated as the 92nd Regiment of Foot in 1794, became the Gordon Highlanders in 1881 and was then amalgamated into a new larger unit of the British Army in 1994.
1.2 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Deeside Way, Aberdeen
30 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.
1.5 miNE
Bridge
Shakkin' Briggie, Aberdeen
39 min walk • St. Devenick's Bridge is a disused suspension footbridge which crosses the River Dee from Ardoe to Cults near Aberdeen in Scotland.
1.6 miSW
Amusement, Amusement park
Storybook Glen, Aberdeen
41 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.
2.9 miN
Park
Green spaces and walkways in Aberdeen, Aberdeen
73 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.
3.3 miNE
Bridge
Bridge of Dee, Aberdeen
85 min walk • The Bridge of Dee or Brig o Dee is a road bridge over the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland. The term is also used for the surrounding area of the city. Dating from 1527, the bridge crosses at what was once the City of Aberdeen's southern boundary.
3.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Auld Bourtreebush
82 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.