Peter’s Heugh
Peter’s Heugh is a forest in Aberdeen, Scotland. Peter’s Heugh is situated nearby to the hamlet Maryculter Home Farm, as well as near the village Peterculter.Places of Interest
Highlights include The Den and the Glen and Normandykes.
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, near the city of Aberdeen, which opened in 1984. The park features outdoor play areas and sculptural displays depicting characters from fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and popular children’s television and film franchises.
Normandykes
Archaeological site
Normandykes is the site of a Roman marching camp 1 mile to the southwest of Peterculter, City of Aberdeen, Scotland. The near-rectangular site, measuring approximately 860 by 510 metres, covers about 106 acres of the summit and eastern slopes of a hill overlooking the River Dee and the B9077 road further south.
Oldman Wood
Forest
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oldman Wood is a publicly owned forest in Kincardineshire, Scotland. Crynoch Burn, a tributary of the River Dee, flows through the Oldman Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westhill and Peterculter.
Westhill
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westhill is a town in Aberdeenshire, seven miles west of Aberdeen. It was built as a "greenfield" commuter town and industrial park from 1968, and by 2020 had grown to a population of 12,110.
Peterculter
Village
Photo: Colin Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peterculter, also known as Culter, is an outer suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about eight miles from the city centre. It lies on the north bank of the River Dee, at its confluence with the Culter Burn.
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.
Peter’s Heugh
- Type: Forest
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.0959° or 57° 5′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.2571° or 2° 15′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C9V3PWV+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 1112792848OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Maryculter Home Farm and Templars‘ Park.
Notable Places Nearby
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