Peterculter
Peterculter, also known as Culter, is an outer suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about eight miles (13 km) from the city centre.
Peterculter, also known as Culter, is an outer suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about eight miles (13 km) from the city centre. It lies on the north bank of the River Dee, at its confluence with the Culter Burn. Following the 1996 Scottish council boundary changes, it became part of the Lower Deeside ward in the Aberdeen City council area. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 4,359.
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Worth seeing in and around Peterculter
2 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.
- 01Maryculter House
Maryculter House is a historic house in the village of Maryculter, or Kirkton of Maryculter, in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
900 m · historic house in Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, now a hotel · Wikipedia - 02The 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.
2.4 km · park in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Peterculter
- Airports
- Aberdeen (ABZ), 12 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 144 km · Glasgow (GLA), 190 km
- Stations
- Murtle railway station, 3.4 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Peterculter145 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £18–24
- Glasgow → Peterculter184 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · £21–28
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Peterculter229 km · quickest by road, 4h 15m · £25–34
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Peterculter
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 Peterculter. 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 Peterculter
- Milltimbervillage in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK1.9 km
- Coalfordvillage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK2 km
- Marycultervillage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK2.5 km
- Deeside Wayrail trail in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK2.7 km
- International School of Aberdeenschool in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK1.4 km