Doonies Farm
Doonies Rare Breeds Farm was a farm in Aberdeen, Scotland that had one of Scotland's largest collections of rare and endangered farm animal breeds. The farm occupied 134 acres and was nationally recognised as a breeding centre for rare breeds.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Farm
- Description: farm in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Doonies Rare Breeds Farm”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aberdeen railway station and Girdle Ness Lighthouse.
Aberdeen railway station
Railway station
Photo: King Bilbo I, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aberdeen railway station is the main railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Doonies Farm.
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 1¼ miles north of Doonies Farm.
Balmoral Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmoral Stadium is a football ground located in the Cove Bay area of Aberdeen, Scotland. Opened in 2018, it is the home ground of Scottish League One club Cove Rangers. From 2021, it is being shared by Scottish Women's Premier League team Aberdeen. Balmoral Stadium is situated 1½ miles southwest of Doonies Farm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Altens and Balnagask.
Altens
Suburb
Altens is a district in Aberdeen, on the north-east coast of Scotland. Altens is home to a large industrial estate, alongside a similar estate in neighbouring Tullos.
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.
Tullos
Quarter
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullos is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. The area takes its name from the Vale of Tullos, which lies between Tullos Hill and Torry Hill. Tullos derived its name from a corruption of the Gaelic ‘Tulach’ meaning a hill.
Doonies Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.12188° or 57° 7′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.05901° or 2° 3′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C9V4WCR+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 636141934OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyardWikidata ID
Q5297174
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