Botany
Botany is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Botany is situated nearby to the locality Rattray Head, as well as near Starnakeppie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rattray Head lighthouse and Crimond Raceway.
Rattray Head lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rattray Head, historically Rattray Point, is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north-east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south.
Crimond Raceway
Crimond Raceway is the most northerly stock car track in the United Kingdom. It is located about a mile from the village of Crimond in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Crimond Raceway is situated 2½ miles west of Botany.St Fergus Gas Terminal
The St Fergus Gas Terminal is a large gas terminal found near St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and is protected by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. The other main UK gas terminals are at Bacton, Norfolk and the Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire. St Fergus Gas Terminal is situated 2½ miles south of Botany.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crimond and St Fergus.
Crimond
Village
Photo: Sagaciousphil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crimond is a village in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland, located 9 miles northwest of the port of Peterhead and just over 2 miles from the coast. Crimond is situated 3 miles west of Botany.
St Fergus
Village
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St Fergus is a village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. St Fergus lies 1 mile from the North Sea coast and 3 miles north-west of Peterhead. St Fergus is situated 3½ miles south of Botany.
St Combs
Village
Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Combs is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, immediately southeast of Inverallochy. It has existed since at least the 17th century, and takes its name from a church to St Colm that used to exist in the area and was abandoned in 1607. St Combs is situated 4 miles northwest of Botany.
Botany
- Type: Locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.61215° or 57° 36′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.83317° or 1° 49′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C9WJ568+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2152515486OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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