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Grampian Transport 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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Oldmeldrum is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Inverurie, 44km from Dunnottar Castle.
Oldmeldrum is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 3,230, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Oldmeldrum 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 Oldmeldrum to your route.
Oldmeldrum (commonly known as Meldrum) is a village and parish in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, not far from Inverurie in North East Scotland. Oldmeldrum is home to one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland, Glen Garioch, which was built in 1797. Local industries are agriculture and engineeringRead more
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Oldmeldrum is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 57.3349 latitude, -2.3199 longitude.
Oldmeldrum has a population of approximately 3,230 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A ruined medieval fortress on a dramatic rocky headland on the northeastern coast of Scotland.
44 km · about 50 min drive
photogenic
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.
52 km · about 60 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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