Laurencekirk railway station is a railway station serving the communities of Laurencekirk and The Mearns in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station was reopened on 17 May 2009 at a cost of £3 million. Laurencekirk railway station is situated 3,700 feet north of Laurencekirk School.

Mearns Academy

School

Mearns Academy is a secondary school in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. As well as Laurencekirk itself, the school also serves the surrounding villages of St Cyrus, Marykirk, Fettercairn, Auchenblae, Luthermuir, Edzell Woods and Fordoun. Mearns Academy is situated 1 mile northeast of Laurencekirk School.

Thornton Castle

Building

Photo: Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornton Castle, Marykirk, Aberdeenshire is a fortress or fortified residence in Marykirk, Aberdeenshire. Parts of the house date from 1531. It was the traditional home of the Strachan family, but was held more recently by Rev Dr Alexander Crombie. Thornton Castle is situated 2 miles west of Laurencekirk School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laurencekirk and Marykirk.

Laurencekirk

Town

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Laurencekirk, locally known as Lournie or simply 'The Kirk', is a small town in the historic county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road.

Marykirk

Village

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Marykirk is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, next to the border with Angus at the River North Esk. The village is approximately 6 miles ENE of Montrose at the southern end of the Howe of the Mearns. Marykirk is situated 3½ miles southwest of Laurencekirk School.

Fordoun

Village

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Fordoun is a parish and village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Fothirdun, as it was historically known, was an important area in the Howe of the Mearns. Fordoun and Auchenblae, together with their immediate districts form the Parish of Fordoun with the Parish Church in the vicinity of the original settlement, now absorbed by Auchenblae. Fordoun is situated 4 miles northeast of Laurencekirk School.

Laurencekirk School

Category: education
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.82728° or 56° 49′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.47022° or 2° 28′ 13″ west

Operator

Aberdeenshire Council

Open location code

9C8VRGGH+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 422730351

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

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