Carnie Woods

Carnie Woods is a coniferous forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Carnie Woods is situated near the village Elrick, as well as near the hamlet Mason Lodge.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Proposed Aberdeen stadium and Westhill Academy.

Proposed Aberdeen stadium

The new Aberdeen stadium is a football stadium under early stages of construction in Kingswells, Aberdeen, Scotland. The new stadium, called Kingsford Stadium, would be the home of Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen FC to replace the existing Pittodrie Stadium.

Westhill Academy

School

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westhill Academy is an Aberdeenshire Council secondary school in Westhill, near Aberdeen, Scotland, serving the Westhill, Elrick and Skene areas of Aberdeenshire.

Cullerlie stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Wmck, CC BY 2.5.

Cullerlie stone circle, also known as the Standing Stones of Echt, is a small stone circle situated near Echt, Aberdeenshire. It consists of eight irregular stones of red granite arranged at approximately equal intervals to form a circle of 10.2 m diameter, enclosing the same number of small cairns.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westhill and Kingswells.

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 2022 had grown to a population of 12,000.

Kingswells

Village

Photo: XKQ7, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kingswells is a village and suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated west of the city and to the east of Westhill which lies on the other side of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route bypass.

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.

Carnie Woods

Type: Coniferous forest
Category: forest
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.1463° or 57° 8′ 47″ north

Longitude

-2.3033° or 2° 18′ 12″ west

Open location code

9C9V4MWW+GM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 203416159

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Elrick and Mason Lodge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Westdyke Leisure Centre and Westhill Recycling Centre.

Aberdeenshire: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Aberdeen and Stonehaven.

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