Mastrick
Mastrick is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland, located on the western fringes of the city around 2+1⁄2 miles from the city centre.

Mastrick is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland, located on the western fringes of the city around 2+1⁄2 miles from the city centre. It currently has a population of 7,365 and an unemployment rate of 1.6%. Residential property in the area is a mix of houses and flats, 23% of which are still council owned. This is around twice the average in Aberdeen City.
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Worth seeing in and around Mastrick
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.
- 01University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland.
4 km · university in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Robert Gordon University
Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU, is a public research university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.
3.9 km · university in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03St 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.
3.7 km · church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen
The Diocese of Aberdeen is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland.
2.3 km · since 1878, diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia - 05Aberdeen 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.
3.8 km · Local Authority Museum in Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Rowett Research Institute
The Rowett Institute is a research centre for studies into food and nutrition, located in Aberdeen, Scotland.
3.7 km · research institute in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07His 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.
3.7 km · theatre in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre
The Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre is a Sunni mosque, located in Aberdeen, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is the largest mosque and Islamic centre in the North East of Scotland, and operates two sites within Aberdeen.
3.9 km · mosque and Islamic center in Scotland · Wikipedia - 09Stewart Park, Aberdeen
Stewart Park is located in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is a 5-acre site owned by Aberdeen City Council.
2.3 km · park in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Victoria Park
Victoria Park is a small park in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The park has an area of five hectares and was opened to the public in 1871.
2.6 km · park in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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.
Getting to Mastrick
- Airports
- Aberdeen (ABZ), 6 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 153 km · Glasgow (GLA), 199 km
- Stations
- Bucksburn railway station, 2.5 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Mastrick154 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £18–24
- Glasgow → Mastrick193 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £21–28
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Mastrick238 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · £26–35
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mastrick
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 Mastrick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Mastrick
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- Aberdeenshirecouncil area of Scotland2.5 km
- Aberdeen Citycouncil area of Scotland3.9 km
- Old Aberdeenhuman settlement in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK3.9 km
- Kingswellssuburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Woodsidearea in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK2.9 km