Cookney

Cookney is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in proximity to Netherley in the Mounth of the Grampian Highlands. The community is situated on a hilltop approximately 5 miles northwest of Stonehaven, about 3 miles northwest of the Bridge of Muchalls, and about 2 miles west of Muchalls Castle.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cookney Church and Muchalls Castle.

Cookney Church

Church

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Cookney Parish Church, now business premises within a converted listed building, was a Christian place of worship in the village of Cookney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Muchalls Castle

Castle

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Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of Muchalls. Muchalls Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Cookney.

Saint Ternan’s Church

Church

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Saint Ternan's Church is an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Brechin, near Muchalls in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The oldest church building in the Diocese of Brechin, it was built in 1831 as a simple country church on land granted by the owners of Muchalls Castle. Saint Ternan’s Church is situated 1½ miles east of Cookney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Netherley and Chapelton.

Netherley

Village

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Netherley is a village in Aberdeenshire, situated approximately five miles northwest of Stonehaven. Netherley is located in the Mounth area of the Grampian Highlands.

Chapelton

Village

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Chapelton is a 810 hectares new town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 10 miles south of Aberdeen. It is situated close to the A92 and Newtonhill. The town plan was led by the Elsick Development Company.

Muchalls

Village

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Muchalls is a small coastal ex-fishing village in Kincardineshire, Scotland, south of Newtonhill and north of Stonehaven. Muchalls is situated slightly north of a smaller hamlet known as the Bridge of Muchalls. Muchalls is situated 2 miles east of Cookney.

Cookney

Type: Village
Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.0305° or 57° 1′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.21381° or 2° 12′ 50″ west

Elevation

528 feet (161 metres)

Open location code

9C9V2QJP+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 493604091

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2652421

Wikidata ID

Q5167161

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Japanese—“Cookney” goes by many names.

Basque: “Cookney”
Dutch: “Cookney”
French: “Cookney”
Japanese: “クックニー”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cookney Public Hall and Cookney Flyover.

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