--- title: "Bucksburn – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bucksburn, United Kingdom: Bucksburn is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, named after the stream that flows through it. Nearby: Rowett Research Institute…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bucksburn" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bucksburn.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Bucksburn_Library.jpg/1920px-Bucksburn_Library.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland · United Kingdom # Bucksburn Bucksburn is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, named after the stream that flows through it. ![Bucksburn](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Bucksburn_Library.jpg/1920px-Bucksburn_Library.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Bucksburn · Aberdeen Library Service The place Bucksburn is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, named after the stream that flows through it. The stream is called Bucks Burn. Bucksburn was formerly a market village before being swallowed up by the spread of the city. The area is bordered by countryside, in particular Kirkhill Forest and the land surrounding Brimmond Hill. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucksburn), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Bucksburn 5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Rowett Research Institute The Rowett Institute is a research centre for studies into food and nutrition, located in Aberdeen, Scotland. 1.4 km · research institute in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rowett_Institute) 2. Brimmond Hill Brimmond Hill is a hill in Aberdeen, Scotland. The summit is the highest point within the Aberdeen City council area, at an elevation of 266 m. 3.9 km · hill in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimmond_Hill) 3. Stewart Park, Aberdeen Stewart Park is located in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is a 5-acre site owned by Aberdeen City Council. 2.7 km · park in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Park,_Aberdeen) 4. P&J Live P&J Live is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Aberdeen, Scotland. Opened in August 2019, it offers a capacity for all types of shows and events from 5,000 to 15,000. 1.4 km · arena in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%26J_Live) 5. Elphinstone Hall Elphinstone Hall is a large hall belonging to the University of Aberdeen, located at their King's College campus in Old Aberdeen. It is a 20th-century building which replaced the "Common Hall" and is named after Bishop William Elphinstone, the founder of the university. 3.3 km · university building in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elphinstone_Hall) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Bucksburn **Airports:** Aberdeen (ABZ), 3 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 155 km · Glasgow (GLA), 201 km\ **Stations:** Aberdeen Airport, 3.1 km · Dyce railway station, 3.4 km · Bucksburn railway station, 400 m\ - Ingliston, Edinburgh → Bucksburn 155 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £18–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ingliston-edinburgh-to-bucksburn) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ingliston%2C+Edinburgh&to=Bucksburn) - Glasgow → Bucksburn 194 km · quickest by road, 3h · £22–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/glasgow-to-bucksburn) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Glasgow&to=Bucksburn) - Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Bucksburn 239 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · £26–35 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prestwick-south-ayrshire-to-bucksburn) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prestwick%2C+South+Ayrshire&to=Bucksburn) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bucksburn) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Bucksburn Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bucksburn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Aberdeen is the transport hub for the county, with good air, rail and road connections, and car ferries to Orkney and the Shetland Islands. From [Wikivoyage: Aberdeenshire](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Aberdeenshire), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Kirkwall and the Orkney Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kirkwall) GB 9 ways of moving, 35 sources 206 km 2. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 246 km 3. [Isle of Skye](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/skye) GB 12 ways of moving, 18 sources 247 km 4. [The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/small-isles) GB 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 254 km 5. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 255 km If you know how people move in Bucksburn – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbucksburn&title=Bucksburn&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbucksburn), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Bucksburn - [Dyce](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dyce) area of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 3.1 km - [Kingswells](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kingswells) suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 3.5 km - [Foresterhill](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/foresterhill) human settlement in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK 3.4 km - [University of Aberdeen School of Medicine](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/university-of-aberdeen-school-of-medicine) medical school in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK 3.4 km - [Woodside](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/woodside) area in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 3.1 km - [Stoneywood](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/stoneywood) human settlement in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK 1.7 km [The place page for Bucksburn](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bucksburn) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bucksburn, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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