Blairs College
St Mary's College, Blairs, situated near Aberdeen in Scotland, was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: seminary, now museum, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Blairs Museum”, “St Mary’s College”, and “St Mary’s College, Blairs”
- Address: South Deeside Road, Aberdeen, AB12 5YQ
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Den and the Glen and Hare Moss.
The Den and the Glen
Theme park
Photo: Colin Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Den and the Glen is a children's park in Maryculter, Scotland, opened in 1984, near the city of Aberdeen. It is best known for its deformed and off-looking models of various fairytale and nursery rhyme characters, as well as some more modern characters… The Den and the Glen is situated 1½ miles southwest of Blairs College.
Hare Moss
Hare Moss is a bog in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the vicinity of Banchory-Devenick. Hare Moss is a significant wetland ecosystem. Hare Moss is situated 2 miles southeast of Blairs College.Cults Academy
School
Photo: Drajcoshi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cults Academy is an Aberdeen City Council secondary school in Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. It was the recipient of The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award 2008 because of its outstanding exam results that year, having been rated 3rd in 2005. Cults Academy is situated 1¼ miles north of Blairs College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bieldside and Cults.
Bieldside
Suburb
Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of Cults, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland.
Cults
Suburb
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. It lies on the banks of the River Dee and marks the eastern boundary of Royal Deeside. Cults, known for its historic granite housing, sits approximately six miles from the coast of the North Sea.
Milltimber
Village
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milltimber is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, around 6 miles west of Aberdeen city centre. From 1854 to 1937 the area was served by Milltimber railway station on the Aberdeen suburban railway. Milltimber is situated 1½ miles west of Blairs College.
Blairs College
- Categories: Catholic seminary, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.09887° or 57° 5′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.19466° or 2° 11′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C9V3RX4+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 6574528547OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q4924227
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In Other Languages
From German to Irish—“Blairs College” goes by many names.
- German: “Blairs College”
- Irish: “Coláiste Blairs”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Camp Hill Motte? and Deeside Golf Club.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blairs College”. Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.