Coalford
Coalford is a village in Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Coalford is a village in Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is slightly north of the River Dee and about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Peterculter. The population is around 100.
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Worth seeing in and around Coalford
4 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.
- 01Drum Castle
Drum Castle is a castle near Drumoak in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. For centuries it was the seat of the chief of Clan Irvine.
2.7 km · castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Maryculter House
Maryculter House is a historic house in the village of Maryculter, or Kirkton of Maryculter, in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
2.2 km · historic house in Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, now a hotel · Wikipedia - 03Park Bridge
Park Bridge is a road bridge in Aberdeenshire, Scotland which crosses the River Dee. It is currently open to pedestrians and cyclists, and it also carried vehicular traffic until February 2019.
3 km · bridge in Aberdeenshire, Scotland · Wikipedia - 04The Den and the Glen
The Den and the Glen is a children's park in Maryculter, Scotland, near the city of Aberdeen, which opened in 1984. The park features outdoor play areas and sculptural displays depicting characters from fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and popular children’s television and film franchises.
3.9 km · park in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Coalford
- Airports
- Aberdeen (ABZ), 14 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 143 km · Glasgow (GLA), 189 km
- Stations
- Culter railway station, 2 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Coalford143 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £18–24
- Glasgow → Coalford182 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £21–28
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Coalford227 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · £26–34
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No local-transport research exists yet for Coalford
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 Coalford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe city also has trains every couple of hours from Inverness, ferries from Orkney and Shetland, and inter-city buses.
- Get inAll buses start from Aberdeen Union Square, next to the railway station and ferry port.
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Next door to Coalford
- Drumoakvillage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK2.6 km
- Petercultersuburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK2 km
- Milltimbervillage in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK3.9 km
- Marycultervillage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK3.8 km
- International School of Aberdeenschool in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK3.4 km