Crathie
Crathie is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Dee. Abergeldie Castle is 1 mile away. It was built around 1550 and had 19th century additions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Crathie Kirk” and “Crathie, Aberdeenshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crathie Kirk and Abergeldie Castle.
Crathie Kirk
Church
Photo: DanMS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crathie Kirk is a small Church of Scotland parish church in the Scottish village of Crathie, best known for being the regular place of worship of the British royal family when they are in residence at the nearby Balmoral Castle.
Abergeldie Castle
Castle
Photo: Peter Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands at an altitude of 840 feet, on the south bank of the River Dee, five miles west of Ballater, and about two miles east of the royal residence of Balmoral Castle.
Royal Lochnagar distillery
Distillery
Photo: Stefan2901, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Royal Lochnagar distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery based on the Abergeldie Estate, near Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside. It is close to the mountain Lochnagar.
Crathie
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.0395° or 57° 2′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.21496° or 3° 12′ 54″ westElevation
922 feet (281 metres)Open location code
9C9R2QQP+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 561418828OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Crathie” goes by many names.
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