Dovecot Wood

Dovecot Wood is a forest in Scotland, United Kingdom. Dovecot Wood is situated nearby to the locality Mains of Dyce, as well as near the hamlet Mains of Grandhome.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberdeen Airport and Dyce Railway Station.

Aberdeen Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Michael Diamond, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberdeen International Airport is an international airport, located in the Dyce suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, approximately 6 miles northwest of Aberdeen city centre.

Dyce Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, with some trains operating on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line and Glasgow to Aberdeen Line also extended to call at Dyce and Inverurie.

Dyce Academy

School

Dyce Academy is the only state secondary school in Dyce, a small suburb of Aberdeen, serving as the sole provider of secondary education in the area. Dyce Academy's catchment area includes Dyce and the nearby village of Newmachar, though some pupils do attend from other nearby areas such as Bucksburn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dyce and Stoneywood.

Dyce

Suburb

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dyce is a suburb town of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated on the River Don about 6 mi northwest of the city centre. It is best known as the location of Aberdeen Airport.

Stoneywood

Suburb

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberdeen is the third-largest city in Scotland, United Kingdom, with a population of almost 200,000. It is a harbour city on Scotland's north-east coast, approximately 120 miles north of Edinburgh and 400 miles north of London, where the Rivers Dee and Don meet the North Sea. Stoneywood is situated 1½ miles south of Dovecot Wood.

Bucksburn

Suburb

Photo: Bucksburnian, Public domain.

Bucksburn is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, named after the stream that flows through it. The stream is called Bucks Burn. Bucksburn was formerly a market village before being swallowed up by the spread of the city. Bucksburn is situated 2½ miles south of Dovecot Wood.

Dovecot Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.21396° or 57° 12′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.17259° or 2° 10′ 21″ west

Elevation

200 feet (61 metres)

Open location code

9C9V6R7G+HX

GeoNames ID

6269380

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