New Leeds

New Leeds is a planned village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 5.1 kilometres east of Strichen at the foot of Mormond Hill. Nowadays New Leeds serves chiefly as a dormitory village for Aberdeen and Fraserburgh.

Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Village
Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “New Leads”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mormond Hill Stag and Mormond Hill.

Mormond Hill Stag

Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Mormond Hill Stag is situated 1½ miles northwest of New Leeds.

Mormond Hill

Peak

Photo: Mindjammer, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.

Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Mormond Hill is situated 1½ miles northwest of New Leeds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fetterangus and Lonmay.

Fetterangus

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fetterangus is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located just to the north of Mintlaw. Fetterangus is situated 2½ miles south of New Leeds.

Lonmay

Hamlet

Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lonmay is a hamlet and parish in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Lonmay is situated 3 miles northeast of New Leeds.

Strichen

Village

Photo: Temple of Mara, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Strichen is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Strichen is situated 3 miles west of New Leeds.

New Leeds

Category: locality
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.5814° or 57° 34′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.00842° or 2° 0′ 30″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Open location code

9C9VHXJR+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 31827817

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2641623

Wikidata ID

Q7009773

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In Other Languages

From Basque to French—“New Leeds” goes by many names.

Basque: “New Leeds”
Dutch: “New Leeds”
French: “New Leeds”

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