Corgarff

Corgarff is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the Grampian Mountains. The nearby Corgarff Castle was used as a military barracks in the 18th century. The hamlet's primary school closed in 1998.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Corgarff Castle.

Corgarff Castle

Castle

Photo: Camer01, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Corgarff Castle is located slightly west of the village of Corgarff, in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It stands by the Lecht road, which crosses the pass between Strathdon and Tomintoul.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cock Bridge and Lost.

Cock Bridge

Hamlet

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cock Bridge is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located in the Cairngorms National Park, on the A939 road near Corgarff and Corgarff Castle, between Bellabeg at Strathdon in Aberdeenshire, on the road to the Lecht Ski Centre, and towards Tomintoul in Moray.

Lost is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies 40 miles west of Aberdeen in the Cairngorm mountains. The hamlet is situated near the village of Bellabeg where the Water of Nochty feeds into the River Don. Lost is situated 5 miles northeast of Corgarff.

Strathdon

Village

Photo: Karora, Public domain.

Ballater is a town in Aberdeenshire about 25 miles west of Aberdeen. It grew up as resort town in the Victorian era and in 2022 had a population of 1400. Strathdon is situated 5 miles northeast of Corgarff.

Corgarff

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

57.16127° or 57° 9′ 41″ north

Longitude

-3.19464° or 3° 11′ 41″ west

Elevation

1,358 feet (414 metres)

Open location code

9C9R5R64+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2051624205

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

11240115

Wikidata ID

Q5170492

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Corgarff” goes by many names.

Basque: “Corgarff”
Dutch: “Corgarff”
French: “Corgarff”
Irish: “Corr Garaidh”
Japanese: “コーガーフ”
Scots: “Corgarff”
Scottish Gaelic: “Corr Garaidh”

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