Balnagask
Balnagask is an area of Torry, a burgh of Aberdeen in Scotland. Balnagask is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Balnagask Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aberdeen railway station and St Fittick’s Church.
Aberdeen railway station
Railway station
Photo: King Bilbo I, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aberdeen railway station is the main railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdeen Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Aberdeen, Scotland, located on the historic Shiprow near the city harbour. Operated by Aberdeen City Council, the museum explores the city's long relationship with the North Sea, with collections covering shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, the fishing industry, port history, and the development of the North Sea oil industry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torry and Footdee.
Torry
Suburb
Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.
Footdee
Suburb
Photo: Ettore Timi, CC BY 2.5.
Footdee, locally known as Fittie, is a picturesque area of Aberdeen, Scotland. A former fishing village, it lies at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. The name appears to mean "foot of the Dee", but it has also been linked to Fittick, a local saint.
Tullos
Quarter
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullos is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. The area takes its name from the Vale of Tullos, which lies between Tullos Hill and Torry Hill. Tullos derived its name from a corruption of the Gaelic ‘Tulach’ meaning a hill.
Balnagask
- Type: Quarter
- Description: suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.13527° or 57° 8′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.07165° or 2° 4′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C9V4WPH+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 954206249OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q4852414
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Catalan—“Balnagask” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balnagask”
- Catalan: “Balnagask”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Old Torry and East Kirkhill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Bruce Garden and St Fittick’s Park.
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