Woodhead

Woodhead is a residential area in , . Woodhead is situated nearby to the museum , as well as near the cemetery .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kinloss Abbey and Sueno’s Stone.

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Cistercian abbey at in the county of , . The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I "in order to extend the benefits of civilisation to the remoter regions under his sway." The legend of its founding is similar to that of the founding of . is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Woodhead.

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Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of in and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in , standing 6.5 metres in height. is situated 2 miles southwest of Woodhead.

Military installation
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a military installation located near the village of , on the in the north of . Until 2012 it was a Royal Air Force station, . is situated 1½ miles north of Woodhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinloss and Findhorn Ecovillage.

Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from and 2.5 miles from . Northeast of the village is , formerly which opened on 1 April 1939.

Hamlet
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The , known in the past as the Findhorn Community is an experimental intentional community project based at The Park, in , Scotland, near the village of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Woodhead.

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is a town in in northeast , with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.

Woodhead

Latitude
57.62906° or 57° 37′ 45″ north
Longitude
-3.55531° or 3° 33′ 19″ west
Open location code
9C9RJCHV+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 804548322
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
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