Peterculter
Peterculter, also known as Culter, is an outer suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about eight miles from the city centre. It lies on the north bank of the River Dee, at its confluence with the Culter Burn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 4,360 residents
- Description: suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Culter”
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maryculter House and Normandykes.
Maryculter House
Hotel
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Maryculter House is a historic house in the village of Maryculter, or Kirkton of Maryculter, in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Normandykes
Archaeological site
Normandykes is the site of a Roman marching camp 1 mile to the southwest of Peterculter, City of Aberdeen, Scotland. The near-rectangular site, measuring approximately 860 by 510 metres, covers about 106 acres of the summit and eastern slopes of a hill overlooking the River Dee and the B9077 road further south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coalford and Maryculter.
Coalford
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coalford is a village in Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is slightly north of the River Dee and about 1 mile west of Peterculter. The population is around 100.
Maryculter
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maryculter or Kirkton of Maryculter is a village in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The River Dee separates it from the town of Peterculter, and the B979 road runs through Maryculter. Maryculter House Hotel lies slightly north of the village along the south bank of the River Dee and to the west of Templars Park.
Milltimber
Village
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milltimber is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, around 6 miles west of Aberdeen city centre. From 1854 to 1937 the area was served by Milltimber railway station on the Aberdeen suburban railway.
Peterculter
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.09611° or 57° 5′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.26745° or 2° 16′ 3″ westPopulation
4,360Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ZCPOpen location code
9C9V3PWM+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 664690551OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Peterculter” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Peterculter”
- Catalan: “Peterculter”
- Cebuano: “Peterculter”
- Dutch: “Peterculter”
- French: “Peterculter”
- German: “Peterculter”
- Irish: “Cultair”
- Irish: “Cúltair”
- Italian: “Peterculter”
- Japanese: “ピーターカルター”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Peterculter”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cultair”
- Spanish: “Peterculter”
- Swedish: “Peterculter”
- Welsh: “Cùltair”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maryculter Home Farm and Templars‘ Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Culter Village Hall and Culter Library.
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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 “Peterculter”. Photo: Colin Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.