Backwood Hill
Backwood Hill is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 499 feet. Backwood Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Haddoch, as well as near Coniecleugh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christie Park and Huntly railway station.
Christie Park
Sports venue
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christie Park is a football ground in the town of Huntly in the north-east of Scotland. It is the home ground of Highland Football League side Huntly F.C.
Huntly railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huntly railway station is a railway station serving the town of Huntly in Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, between Insch and Keith, 40 miles 67 chains from Aberdeen.
The Gordon Schools
School
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gordon Schools is a six-year, non denominational comprehensive co-educational secondary school located in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It takes pupils from Gordon Primary School, Insch Primary School, and smaller primary schools located around that area of Aberdeenshire such as Drumblade, Glass, Gartly, Cairney, Clatt, Rhynie and Kennethmont.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntly and Milltown of Rothiemay.
Huntly
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huntly is a small town in Aberdeenshire in North East Scotland; in bygone times it was more snappily known as "Milton of Strathbogie". With a population of 4810 in 2016, Huntly is nowadays a commuter town for Aberdeen, as it's on the railway.
Milltown of Rothiemay
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milltown of Rothiemay is a small inland village, built mostly of granite, in the north-east of Scotland and is within the Moray council area bordering neighbouring Aberdeenshire across the river to the south-east.
Ruthven
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruthven, Aberdeenshire is a village in Scotland near Huntly, and Keith. It is traditionally pronounced "Riven". The "Wow o Riven" was a church bell in the area, and is mentioned in the ballad about Tam o Riven, a knight who lived in The "Wow o Riven" became the title of one of George MacDonald's short stories too, which plays in Ruthven.
Backwood Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 499 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.4821° or 57° 28′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.7792° or 2° 46′ 45″ westElevation
499 feet (152 metres)Open location code
9C9VF6JC+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 529969021OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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