Balmoral Castle

Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in , Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of , 9 miles west of and 50 miles west of .
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  • Type: Estate
  • Description: estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Balmoral Castle With Parterre And Terrace Walls”, “Balmoral slott”, “Balmoralský hrad”, “Balmoralský zámek”, “Castelo Balmoral”, “castiellu Balmoral”, “Chateau de Balmoral”, “Hrad Balmoral”, “Бальмораль-кэстль”, “ปราสาทบัลมอรัล”, “พระราชวังบาลมอรัล”, and “バルモラル宮殿”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crathie Kirk and Royal Lochnagar distillery.

Church
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is a small Church of Scotland parish church in the Scottish village of , best known for being the regular place of worship of the British royal family when they are in residence at the nearby Balmoral Castle.

Distillery
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is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery based on the Abergeldie Estate, near Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside. It is close to the mountain .

Castle
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is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, , Scotland. It stands at an altitude of 840 feet, on the south bank of the River Dee, five miles west of , and about two miles east of the royal residence of Balmoral Castle. is situated 2 miles east of Balmoral Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crathie.

Village
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is a village in Aberdeenshire, . It stands on the north bank of the River Dee. is 1 mile away. It was built around 1550 and had 19th century additions.

Balmoral Castle

Latitude
57.03333° or 57° 2′ north
Longitude
-3.23333° or 3° 14′ west
Elevation
1,240 feet (378 metres)
Open location code
9C9R2QM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2656450
Wiki­data ID
Q42049
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Balmoral Castle” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Balmoral-kasteel”
  • Arabic: “قلعة بالمورال”
  • Aragonese: “Castiello de Balmoral”
  • Armenian: “Բալմորալ ամրոց”
  • Asturian: “castiellu de Balmoral”
  • Asturian: “Castiellu de Balmoral”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balmoral qalası”
  • Basque: “Balmoral gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Балмарал”
  • Belarusian: “Балморал”
  • Belarusian: “Бальморал”
  • Bengali: “বালমোরাল দুর্গ”
  • Bulgarian: “Балморал”
  • Catalan: “Balmoral”
  • Catalan: “castell de Balmoral”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Balmoral”
  • Chinese: “巴爾莫勒爾城堡”
  • Croatian: “Dvorac Balmoral”
  • Czech: “Balmoral”
  • Czech: “Zámek Balmoral”
  • Danish: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Danish: “Balmoral Slot”
  • Dutch: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Balmoral”
  • Estonian: “Balmorali loss”
  • Finnish: “Balmoralin linna”
  • French: “château de Balmoral”
  • French: “Château de Balmoral”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Balmoral”
  • Georgian: “ბალმორალის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Balmoral Castle”
  • German: “Schloss Balmoral”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Μπαλμόραλ”
  • Hebrew: “טירת בלמורל”
  • Hindi: “बॅल्मॉरल कासल”
  • Hungarian: “balmorali kastély”
  • Hungarian: “Balmorali kastély”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Balmoral”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Bhaile Mhorail”
  • Italian: “castello di Balmoral”
  • Italian: “Castello di Balmoral”
  • Japanese: “バルモラル城”
  • Javanese: “Kadhaton Balmoral”
  • Kazakh: “Балморал қамалы”
  • Kazakh: “Балморал сарайы”
  • Korean: “발모럴 성”
  • Korean: “밸모럴성”
  • Latin: “Castellum Balmoral”
  • Low German: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schlass Balmoral”
  • Macedonian: “Балморал”
  • Malay: “Istana Balmoral”
  • Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Balmoral”
  • Manx: “Cashtal Baile Mhorail”
  • Mingrelian: “ბალმორალიშ ჯიხაზურგა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Castèl de Balmoral”
  • Ossetian: “Балморалы гæнах”
  • Persian: “دژ بالمورال”
  • Persian: “قلعه بالمورال”
  • Polish: “Balmoral”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Balmoral”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Balmoral”
  • Russian: “замок Балморал”
  • Russian: “Замок Балморал”
  • Scots: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Bhaile Mhorail”
  • Serbian: “Замак Балморал”
  • Slovak: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Slovak: “Zámok Balmoral”
  • Slovenian: “grad Balmoral”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Balmoral”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Balmoral”
  • Swedish: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทแบลมอรัล”
  • Tswana: “Balmoral Castle”
  • Turkish: “Balmoral Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Балморал”
  • Urdu: “بالمورل قلعہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Balmoral”
  • Welsh: “Castell Balmoral”
  • Western Frisian: “Kastiel Balmoral”

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Localities in the Area

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