Thornton Birchwood
Thornton Birchwood is a deciduous forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Thornton Birchwood is situated nearby to the town Laurencekirk, as well as near the village Luthermuir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Laurencekirk railway station and Thornton Castle.
Laurencekirk railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Thornton Castle
Building
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.
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.
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
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Thornton Birchwood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.8167° or 56° 49′ 0″ northLongitude
-2.5085° or 2° 30′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C8VRF8R+MHOpenStreetMap ID
way 867390879OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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