Braemar
Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, standing at the point where the road leaves the Dee valley to climb over Cairnwell into Glenshee. It’s in the eastern part of Cairngorms National Park and surrounded by mountains, which may be scenic or louring depending on the weather.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Braemar Castle and Invercauld Castle.
Braemar Castle
Photo: George Washington Wilson, Public domain.
Braemar Castle is situated near the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a possession of the chief of Clan Farquharson and is leased to a local charitable foundation. It is open to the public.
Invercauld Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invercauld Castle is a country house situated in Royal Deeside near Braemar in Scotland. It is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
Kindrochit Castle
Ruins
Photo: TheCreator, Public domain.
Kindrochit Castle is a ruined 14th-century fortification in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located at Braemar, in a strategic position on the banks of the Clunie Water, a tributary of the River Dee. The ruins are protected as a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchallater.
Auchallater
Hamlet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchallater is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies along the A93 road, to the south of Braemar.
Braemar
- Type: Village with 491 residents
- 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
57.0058° or 57° 0′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.3997° or 3° 23′ 59″ westPopulation
491Elevation
1,109 feet (338 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BEQOpen location code
9C9R2J42+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 294683821OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Braemar” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Braemar”
- Belarusian: “Брэймар”
- Bulgarian: “Бреймар”
- Bulgarian: “Бремар”
- Cebuano: “Braemar”
- Chinese: “布拉馬”
- Dutch: “Braemar”
- French: “Braemar”
- German: “Braemar”
- Indonesian: “Braemar”
- Irish: “Baile Chaisteil”
- Irish: “Bràigh Mhàrr”
- Italian: “Braemar”
- Japanese: “ブライマー”
- Japanese: “ブリーマー”
- Japanese: “ブレーマー”
- Japanese: “ブレイマー”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braemar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Braemar”
- Norwegian: “Braemar”
- Persian: “برائمار”
- Polish: “Braemar”
- Russian: “Бреймар”
- Russian: “Бремор”
- Scots: “Braemar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bràigh Mhàrr”
- Spanish: “Braemar”
- Swedish: “Braemar”
- Ukrainian: “Бреймар”
- Welsh: “Braemar”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Braemar”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.