Laurencekirk

Laurencekirk is a railway stop in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Laurencekirk is situated nearby to the community center Dickson Memorial Hall, as well as near Mearns Community Campus Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Laurencekirk railway station and Mearns Academy.

Laurencekirk railway station

Railway station

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laurencekirk railway station is a railway station serving the communities of Laurencekirk and The Mearns in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station was reopened on 17 May 2009 at a cost of £3 million.

Mearns Academy

School

Mearns Academy is a secondary school in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. As well as Laurencekirk itself, the school also serves the surrounding villages of St Cyrus, Marykirk, Fettercairn, Auchenblae, Luthermuir, Edzell Woods and Fordoun. Mearns Academy is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Laurencekirk.

Thornton Castle

Castle

Photo: Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornton Castle, Marykirk, Aberdeenshire is a fortress or fortified residence in Marykirk, Aberdeenshire. Parts of the house date from 1531. It was the traditional home of the Strachan family, but was held more recently by Rev Dr Alexander Crombie. Thornton Castle is situated 2 miles west of Laurencekirk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laurencekirk and Fordoun.

Laurencekirk

Town

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Laurencekirk, locally known as Lournie or simply 'The Kirk', is a small town in the historic county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road.

Fordoun

Village

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fordoun is a village and parish in the Mearns, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The parish also contains the village of Auchenblae. The village of Fordoun is of 19th-century origin, having grown up around the railway station opened here in 1849. Fordoun is situated 3 miles northeast of Laurencekirk.

Luthermuir

Village

Photo: Paul Store, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Luthermuir is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 2022, Aberdeenshire Council estimated the population of Luthermuir to be around 300, with 132 households. Historically the village was home to weavers and labourers. Luthermuir is situated 4 miles southwest of Laurencekirk.

Laurencekirk

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.83682° or 56° 50′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.46526° or 2° 27′ 55″ west

Open location code

9C8VRGPM+PV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 408773480

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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