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Garthdee

Garthdee is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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The place

Garthdee is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. There is a large housing estate in Garthdee.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Garthdee

10 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. 01
    Robert Gordon University

    Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU, is a public research university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.

    3.5 km · university in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Mary's Cathedral

    The Cathedral Church of St Mary of the Assumption, usually known as St Mary's Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the home of the see of the Bishop of Aberdeen, who is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen in the Province of St Andrews & Edinburgh.

    3.1 km · church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen

    The Diocese of Aberdeen is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland.

    1.8 km · since 1878, diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Andrew's Cathedral

    St Andrew's Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church situated in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. It is the see of the Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, who is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney.

    3.9 km · church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Aberdeen Art Gallery

    Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1884 in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, with a sculpture court added in 1905.

    3.5 km · Local Authority Museum in Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bridge of Dee

    The Bridge of Dee or Brig o Dee is a road bridge over the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland. The term is also used for the surrounding area of the city.

    1 km · bridge in Aberdeen, Scotland · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney

    The Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Created in 1865, the diocese covers the historic county of Aberdeenshire, and the Orkney and Shetland island groups.

    3.9 km · Anglican diocese of the Scottish Episcopal Church · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Aberdeen Maritime Museum

    Aberdeen Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Aberdeen, Scotland, located on the historic Shiprow near the city harbour. Operated by Aberdeen City Council, the museum explores the city's long relationship with the North Sea, with collections covering shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, the fishing industry, port history, and the development of the North Sea oil industry.

    3.6 km · Local Authority Museum in Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Nicholas, Aberdeen

    The Kirk of St Nicholas is a historic church in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the original parish church of the city, and is also known locally as the Mither Kirk or mother church.

    3.6 km · church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    His Majesty's Theatre

    His Majesty's Theatre is a theatre in Aberdeen, Scotland, and the largest in north-east Scotland, seating more than 1,400. It stands on Rosemount Viaduct, opposite the city's Union Terrace Gardens, and was designed by Frank Matcham and opened in 1906.

    3.4 km · theatre in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Garthdee

Airports
Aberdeen (ABZ), 10 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 151 km · Glasgow (GLA), 198 km
Stations
Aberdeen railway station, 3.3 km
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Garthdee
    134 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £16–22
  • Glasgow → Garthdee
    20 km · quickest by road, 39 min · £2.5–3
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Garthdee
    241 km · quickest by road, 6h 4m · £36–48
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Garthdee

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 Garthdee. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAberdeen 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, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    212 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    244 km
  3. 03
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    250 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    252 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    256 km

If you know how people move in Garthdee – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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