Balmoral Quay
Balmoral Quay is a wharf in Aberdeen, Scotland. Balmoral Quay is situated nearby to the ruins St Fittick’s Church, as well as near the cemetery St Fittick’s Kirkyard.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Fittick’s Church and Girdle Ness Lighthouse.
St Fittick’s Church
Ruins
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Fittick’s Church is a ruins, which is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Balmoral Quay.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated near Torry Battery on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board. Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Balmoral Quay.
Torry Battery
Ruins
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear. Torry Battery is situated 2,800 feet north of Balmoral Quay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balnagask and Footdee.
Balnagask
Quarter
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
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.
Balmoral Quay
- Type: Wharf
- Category: transportation
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.13383° or 57° 8′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.05889° or 2° 3′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C9V4WMR+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1172787097OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=quay
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