Strachan Parish Church

Strachan Parish Church is a church in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Strachan Parish Church is situated near the community center Strachan Village Hall, as well as near the coniferous forest Croft-thorn Wood.

Type: Church
Denomination: Church of Scotland
Address: Strachan

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Scolty Hill.

Scolty Hill

Peak

Photo: Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scolty Hill is a small hill south of the Deeside town, Banchory. Its best known feature is the 20m tall tower monument, built in 1840 as a memorial to General William Burnett who fought alongside Wellington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strachan and Banchory.

Strachan

Village

Photo: Pasicles, CC0.

Strachan is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies along the Water of Feugh, a tributary of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, a few miles southwest of Banchory.

Banchory

Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Banchory is a town in Aberdeenshire, with a population in 2016 of 7560. It's in the scenic Dee valley 18 miles west of Aberdeen, and its main visitor attraction is Crathes Castle. It's also a good base for visiting Balmoral Castle and Cairngorms National Park.

Finzean

Village

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Finzean is a rural community, electoral polling district, community council area and former ecclesiastical parish, which forms the southern part of the Parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Finzean is situated 3½ miles west of Strachan Parish Church.

Strachan Parish Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.02081° or 57° 1′ 15″ north

Longitude

-2.53814° or 2° 32′ 17″ west

Established

1867

Open location code

9C9V2FC6+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 298177806

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=church_of_scotland

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Strachan Village Hall and Croft-thorn Wood.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Strachan War Memorial and Gateside Farm.

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