Haddo House
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.Photo: Fionam890, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Methlick Parish Church, Methlick and Methlick Village, War Memorial.
Methlick Parish Church, Methlick
Church
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Methlick Parish Church, Methlick is situated 1½ miles northwest of Haddo House.
Methlick Village, War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Methlick Village, War Memorial is situated 1½ miles northwest of Haddo House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Methlick and Tarves.
Methlick
Photo: Fionam890, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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".
Tarves
Village
Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2 miles south of Haddo House.
Ythanbank
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Ythanbank is situated 2 miles east of Haddo House.
Haddo House
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Early 18th century house near Tarves
- Categories: house, country house, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.40296° or 57° 24′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.22042° or 2° 13′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C9VCQ3H+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 355004108OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5637682
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Haddo House” goes by many names.
- French: “Haddo House”
- German: “Haddo House”
- Italian: “Haddo House”
- Japanese: “ハッドー・ハウス”
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