Falls of Glas Allt, Braemar

#5 among attractions in Braemar

Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Falls of Glas Allt is a 50-metre waterfall near the head of Loch Muick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Queen Victoria liked to take walks here beside the stream flowing from Lochnagar down to Loch Muick. After the death of Prince Albert she had a cottage, Glas-allt-Shiel, rebuilt for her on the delta where the stream flows into the loch. ()

Coordinates: 56°55'59"N, 3°11'60"W

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Braemar United Kingdom

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Falls of Glas Allt – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glas-allt-Shiel, Lochnagar, Corrie Fee, Loch Muick.

0.5 miSE
Hiking, Wilderness hut
Glas-allt-Shiel, Cairngorms National Park
14 min walk • Glas-allt-Shiel is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert.
2.5 miNW
Mountain with hiking and bird watching
Lochnagar, Cairngorms National Park
65 min walk • Lochnagar or Beinn Chìochan is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about five miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral. It is a popular hill with hillwalkers, and is a noted venue for summer and winter climbing.
5.2 miS
Protected area
Corrie Fee
132 min walk • Corrie Fee is a glacier-carved corrie situated at the head of Glen Clova in the Angus Glens of Scotland. It forms part of Corrie Fee National Nature Reserve, which is managed by NatureScot and lies within the Cairngorms National Park.
1.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Muick, Cairngorms National Park
29 min walk • Loch Muick is an upland, freshwater loch lying approximately 5 mi south of Braemar, Scotland at the head of Glen Muick and within the boundary of the Balmoral estate.
2.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Broad Cairn, Cairngorms National Park
53 min walk • Broad Cairn is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about sixteen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
5.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Callater, Cairngorms National Park
139 min walk • Loch Callater is an upland, freshwater loch lying approximately 5 miles south of Braemar, Scotland. The loch trends in a northwest to southeast direction and is surrounded on both sides by steep hills. It is approximately 1.6 km in length. The loch was surveyed on 11 July 1905 by T.N. Johnston and L.W.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Bannoch, Cairngorms National Park
76 min walk • Cairn Bannoch is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about seventeen miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dubh Loch, Cairngorms National Park
52 min walk • Dubh Loch is a small upland loch situated within the Balmoral Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is at an altitude of 637 metres, with a perimeter of 2.3 kilometres, and its outflow, Allt an Dubh-loch, empties into Loch Muick approximately 2 kilometres to the southeast near the royal lodge Glas-allt-Shiel.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Linn of Muick, Ballater
141 min walk • Linn of Muick is a waterfall on the river Muick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
6.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn of Claise, Cairngorms National Park
155 min walk • Cairn of Claise is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about three miles from the Glenshee Ski Center near Braemar.