Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Aberchirder is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Turriff, 21km from Bow Fiddle Rock.
Aberchirder is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 1,250, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Aberchirder sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Aberchirder to your route.
Aberchirder (pronounced ‘Aberhirder’; Scots: Fogieloan, Scottish Gaelic: Obar Chiardair), known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.
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Aberchirder is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 57.5601 latitude, -2.6286 longitude.
Aberchirder has a population of approximately 1,250 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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Sea arch shaped like the tip of a fiddle bow, a short walk from the village of Portknockie on the Moray coast. At dawn the quartzite arch glows pink and doubles in the still water; dolphins pass close inshore.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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A single row of white cottages squeezed between red sandstone cliffs and the sea, reached by a steep hairpin lane off the B9031. Star of the 1983 film Local Hero. Its red phone box is now listed.
26 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Acclaimed motoring museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire, with everything from steam locomotives to supercars, plus its own outdoor test track used for summer motoring events.
37 km · about 40 min drive
historic highway
Notorious high crossing of the eastern Cairngorms on the 18th-century military road between Cockbridge and Tomintoul, climbing to 637m with roller-coaster gradients: often the first UK road closed by snow.
55 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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