Gordon Way

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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. In 2016, the council withdrew completely from its maintaining the route due to budgetary constraints. ()

Length: 11.5 miMaximum elevation: 1475 ftMinimal elevation: 450 ftCoordinates: 57°17'5"N, 2°29'56"W

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Gordon Way – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bennachie, Insch Golf Club, Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, Maiden Stone.

2.4 miW
Archaeological site
Bennachie
61 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.
6.1 miNW
57°20'45"N • 2°36'59"W
Insch Golf Club, Insch
156 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
2.1 miE
Historical place, Archaeological site
Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, Inverurie
53 min walk • Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, located near Inverurie in north-east Scotland, is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle, and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected.
1.9 miN
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Maiden Stone, Inverurie
49 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.
6.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Dunnideer Castle, Insch
173 min walk • Dunnideer Castle, now ruined, was a tower house located near Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was built c. 1260 partially from the remains of an existing vitrified hill fort in the same location.
6.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Hallforest Castle
157 min walk • Hallforest Castle is a keep, one of the oldest in Scotland, as it dates from the 14th century. It is about a mile and a half from Kintore, in Aberdeenshire. Alternative names are Castle of Hallforrest, Hall Forest Castle or simply Hallforrest.
5.1 miW
Forts and castles
Castle Forbes
131 min walk • Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scottish baronial architecture style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The 6,000-acre Vale of Alford estate has been home to the Forbes for over 600 years. The original house was named Putachie.
5.1 miE
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Broomend of Crichie stone
129 min walk • The Broomend of Crichie Stone is a class I Pictish stone that stands within a henge at Broomend of Crichie, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was placed within the henge in the 19th century. The stone bears the incised symbols of the Pictish beast and the crescent and V-rod.
3.7 miE
Stela
Brandsbutt Stone
95 min walk • The Brandsbutt Stone is a class I Pictish symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
3.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Fetternear Palace, Monymusk
82 min walk • Fetternear Bishop's Palace is an archaeological site of what was one of the palaces of the medieval bishops of Aberdeen. it is near Kemnay in Aberdeenshire. Later, a ruined tower-house and mansion of Fetternear House were built on part of the site.
4.7 miW
Forts and castles
Lickleyhead Castle
120 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.