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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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Port Erroll sits on the route: 15 minutes from Boddam, 56km from Dunnottar Castle.
Port Erroll is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 1,620, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Port Erroll 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 Port Erroll to your route.
The Water of Cruden is a short broadly east-flowing river in Buchan in northeast Scotland. Its headwaters streams rise in the countryside north of Ellon and combine to flow through the village of Hatton and onward to the village of Cruden Bay where it then enters the North Sea at the north end of the Bay of Cruden. ItRead more
is crossed at various points by the A952, A90 and A975 roads. The harbour of Port Erroll stands at the point that the tidal channel enters the sea. The name Cruden is said to derive from Gaelic 'croch Dain' signifying the 'slaughter of the Danes. referencing the Battle of Cruden.
The course of the lowest section of the river was diverted in the 19th century; it is shown in John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832, as reaching the sea at what is now termed Old Water Moo', a gorge inlet on a peninsula north of the Bay of Cruden. An 1872 Ordnance Survey map shows the river flowing into the Bay of Cruden. The OS name book for Aberdeenshire notes the diversion in its entry for Old Water Moo', a sea inlet into which the river once discharged.
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Port Erroll is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 57.4143 latitude, -1.8460 longitude.
Port Erroll has a population of approximately 1,620 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
55 km · about 65 min drive
castle
A ruined medieval fortress on a dramatic rocky headland on the northeastern coast of Scotland.
56 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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