Ythanbank
Ythanbank is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated on the east bank of the River Ythan on the B9005, 4 miles north-west of the town of Ellon.Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haddo House.
Haddo House
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Haddo House is a Scottish stately home located near Tarves in Aberdeenshire, approximately 20 miles north of Aberdeen. Completed in 1732 to designs by William Adam, it was the former seat of the Earls and Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair and has been owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1979. Haddo House is situated 2 miles west of Ythanbank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarves and Methlick.
Tarves
Village
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Tarves is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated in the Formartine area between Oldmeldrum and Methlick. Following population growth to over 1,000 residents, Tarves is classified as a town in data published by Understanding Scottish Places, a change reported by BBC News in 2025. Tarves is situated 3 miles southwest of Ythanbank.
Methlick
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Methlick is a village in Aberdeenshire about 20 miles north of Aberdeen; its main attraction is Haddo House. Methlick derives from Gaelic Maothulach, which may mean "vale of honey".
Ellon
Town
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Ellon is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 16 miles north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan, which has one of the few undeveloped river estuaries on the eastern coast of Scotland. Ellon is situated 4 miles southeast of Ythanbank.
Ythanbank
- 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
57.3983° or 57° 23′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.16083° or 2° 9′ 39″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C9V9RXQ+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1555882817OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Ythanbank” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ythanbank”
- Central Kurdish: “یسانبەنک”
- Dutch: “Ythanbank”
- French: “Ythanbank”
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