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Pennan
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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Mintlaw is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Peterhead, 23km from Pennan.
Mintlaw is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 2,720, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mintlaw 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 Mintlaw to your route.
Mintlaw (literally meaning a smooth, flat place) is a large village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies at the intersection of the A950 and A952 roads, west of Peterhead. The 2001 UK census records a population of 2,647 people.
It supports a number of shops and local amenities such as a police station, library, dentalRead more
surgery and group doctors' practice.
Aberdeenshire Museums Service is based in a new purpose-built museum building housing Aberdeenshire's large reserve collections, a conservation laboratory and the Discovery Centre. The service also runs another three museums: the nearby Aberdeenshire Farming Museum at Aden Country Park, home to the service nationally recognised agricultural collection, Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead and Banchory Museum. Aden Country Park also contains a ruined mansion house, forest walks and a theme park.
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Mintlaw is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 57.5241 latitude, -2.0010 longitude.
Mintlaw has a population of approximately 2,720 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Acclaimed motoring museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire, with everything from steam locomotives to supercars, plus its own outdoor test track used for summer motoring events.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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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.
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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