Wood of Balfour

Wood of Balfour is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Wood of Balfour is situated nearby to the locality Rocks of Solitude, as well as near Haughend.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Cairn and Fettercairn distillery.

Green Cairn

Archaeological site

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

Green Cairn is an archaeological site.

Fettercairn distillery

Distillery

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fettercairn distillery is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Fettercairn. Situated under the Grampian foothills in the Howe of Mearns, Fettercairn town’s name is loosely based on the phrase "the foot of the mountain".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fettercairn and Edzell.

Fettercairn

Village

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fettercairn is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road from Deeside.

Edzell

Village

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Edzell is a village in Angus, Scotland. It is five miles north of Brechin, by the River North Esk. Edzell is a Georgian-era planned town, with a broad main street and a grid system of side streets.

Edzell Woods

Village

Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Edzell Woods is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is owned by Calum Tosh. It is 4 miles from Edzell by road, but only one mile directly east, over the River North Esk, which forms the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Angus.

Wood of Balfour

Type: Forest
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.8617° or 56° 51′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.6512° or 2° 39′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C8VV86X+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 497986536

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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