Portlethen
Portlethen is a town located approximately 7 miles south of Aberdeen, Scotland, along the A92. The population according to the 2022 census was 8,969 making it the seventh most populous settlement within Aberdeenshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portlethen railway station and Portlethen Academy.
Portlethen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portlethen railway station serves the town of Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is sited 232 miles 59 chains from Carlisle via Perth, and is between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line.
Portlethen Academy
School
Portlethen Academy is a six-year comprehensive secondary school in Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Portlethen Moss
The Portlethen Moss is an acidic bog nature reserve located to the west of the town of Portlethen, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. Like other mosses, this wetland area supports a variety of plant and animal species, even though it has been subject to certain development and agricultural degradation pressures.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portlethen Village and Cammachmore.
Portlethen Village
Village
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portlethen Village is a settlement located to the east of Portlethen along the North Sea coast in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village is also known as Old Portlethen. The skerry of Craigmaroinn is situated just off the coastline near Portlethen Village.
Cammachmore
Village
Cammachmore is a hamlet in the coastal region near the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies slightly west of the A92 road and the ancient Causey Mounth passes through the community.
Newtonhill
Town
Photo: Iain Millar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtonhill is a town in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is popular due to its location, just nine miles south of Aberdeen with easy reach of Stonehaven and with views over the North Sea. Newtonhill is situated 2 miles south of Portlethen.
Portlethen
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.06147° or 57° 3′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.12971° or 2° 7′ 47″ westPopulation
8,970Elevation
262 feet (80 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB POTOpen location code
9C9V3V6C+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1280080913OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Portlethen” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Portlethen”
- Basque: “Portlethen”
- Bulgarian: “Портлетхен”
- Cebuano: “Portlethen”
- Chinese: “波特萊森”
- Dutch: “Portlethen”
- French: “Portlethen”
- Irish: “Am Port Leathann”
- Irish: “Port Leathain”
- Italian: “Portlethen”
- Persian: “پورتلتن”
- Polish: “Portlethen”
- Scots: “Portlethen”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Am Port Leathann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port Leathain”
- Spanish: “Portlethen”
- Swedish: “Portlethen”
- Welsh: “Portlethen”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Portlethen”. Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.