The Den and the Glen
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…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Theme park
- Description: park in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Den and the Glen”, “Storybook Glen”, and “The Den & the Glen”
- Address: Maryculter, AB12 5FT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oldman Wood and Maryculter Bridge.
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.
Maryculter Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ewen Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maryculter Bridge is situated 3,100 feet north of The Den and the Glen.
Maryculter House
Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maryculter House is a historic house in the village of Maryculter, or Kirkton of Maryculter, in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Maryculter House is situated 1 mile west of The Den and the Glen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maryculter and Milltimber.
Maryculter
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maryculter or Kirkton of Maryculter is a village in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The River Dee separates it from the town of Peterculter, and the B979 road runs through Maryculter. Maryculter House Hotel lies slightly north of the village along the south bank of the River Dee and to the west of Templars Park.
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.
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.
The Den and the Glen
- Categories: park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.08584° or 57° 5′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.23176° or 2° 13′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C9V3QP9+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 116882256OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkWikidata ID
Q7620440
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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 “The Den and the Glen”. Photo: Colin Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.