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
Building
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 parish and village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Fothirdun, as it was historically known, was an important area in the Howe of the Mearns. Fordoun and Auchenblae, together with their immediate districts form the Parish of Fordoun with the Parish Church in the vicinity of the original settlement, now absorbed by Auchenblae. Fordoun is situated 3 miles northeast of Laurencekirk.
Marykirk
Village
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Marykirk is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, next to the border with Angus at the River North Esk. The village is approximately 6 miles ENE of Montrose at the southern end of the Howe of the Mearns. Marykirk 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″ northLongitude
-2.46526° or 2° 27′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C8VRGPM+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 408773480OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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