Girdle Ness Lighthouse

Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated near Torry Battery on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board.

Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Girdleness Lighthouse” and “Girdleness Lighthouse, Greyhope Road, Aberdeen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pittodrie Stadium and Torry Battery.

Pittodrie Stadium

Stadium

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Pittodrie Stadium, commonly referred to as Pittodrie, from which the surrounding residential area has taken its name, is an all-seater stadium in Aberdeen, Scotland. Pittodrie Stadium is situated 2 miles northwest of Girdle Ness Lighthouse.

Torry Battery

Ruins

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear. Torry Battery is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Girdle Ness Lighthouse.

Aberdeen railway station

Railway station

Photo: King Bilbo I, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aberdeen railway station serves the city of Aberdeen in north east Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen railway station is situated 2 miles west of Girdle Ness Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balnagask and Footdee.

Balnagask

Quarter

Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balnagask is an area of Torry, a burgh of Aberdeen in Scotland. Balnagask is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Balnagask Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.

Footdee

Suburb

Photo: Ettore Timi, CC BY 2.5.

Footdee, locally known as Fittie, is a picturesque area of Aberdeen, Scotland. A former fishing village, it lies at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. The name appears to mean "foot of the Dee", but it has also been linked to Fittick, a local saint.

Torry

Suburb

Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.

Girdle Ness Lighthouse

Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.13902° or 57° 8′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.04857° or 2° 2′ 55″ west

Elevation

56 feet (17 metres)

Height

121 feet (37 metres)

Operator

Northern Lighthouse Board

Open location code

9C9V4XQ2+JH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1082788983

OpenStreetMap feature

building=lighthouse

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

9782422

Wikidata ID

Q17576459

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Girdle Ness Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Chinese: “盖尔德岬灯塔”
Czech: “Maják Girdleness”
French: “phare de Girdle Ness”
French: “Phare de Girdle Ness”
Swedish: “Girdle Ness fyr”

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