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Tullos

Tullos is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Tullos
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The place

Tullos is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. The area takes its name from the Vale of Tullos, which lies between Tullos Hill and Torry Hill. Tullos derived its name from a corruption of the Gaelic ‘Tulach’ meaning a hill.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tullos

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
    Pittodrie Stadium

    Pittodrie Stadium, commonly referred to as Pittodrie, from which the surrounding residential area has taken its name, is an all-seater stadium in Aberdeen, Scotland. Used primarily for football, it has been the home ground of the Scottish Professional Football League club Aberdeen F.C. since they were formed in 1903.

    4 km · football stadium in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Robert Gordon University

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

    3 km · university in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2.8 km · church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK · 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.

    2.9 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 km · Local Authority Museum in Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Aberdeen Castle

    Aberdeen Castle was a late Middle Ages fortification, in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was situated on Castle Hill, a site today known as the Castlegate, and the location of the castle is now occupied by blocks of flats.

    2.9 km · castle in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    2.2 km · bridge in Aberdeen, Scotland · 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.

    2.7 km · Local Authority Museum in Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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 km · Anglican diocese of the Scottish Episcopal Church · 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.

    3.1 km · theatre 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.

Go there

Getting to Tullos

Airports
Aberdeen (ABZ), 11 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 153 km · Glasgow (GLA), 200 km
Stations
Aberdeen railway station, 2.5 km · Aberdeen Harbour, 2.1 km · Aberdeen Waterloo railway station, 2.6 km
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Tullos
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  • Glasgow → Tullos
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  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Tullos
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tullos

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThese are the names of oil and gas rigs out in the North Sea, served by helicopter from here.
  • Get inJet 727 is a big blue Stagecoach bus, running every 10-30 min to the main bus station in Union Square, next to the railway station and ferry terminal.
  • Get inis in city centre on Guild Street, one block from Union Street, close to the bus station and ferry terminal.
  • Get inThe ferry terminal is off Market Street, next to the Union St car park entrance.
  • Get inNorthLink car ferries sail overnight, year-round, to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands.

From Wikivoyage: Aberdeen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    213 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    247 km
  3. 03
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    253 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    259 km

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

Around it

Next door to Tullos

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  • Aberdeen Citycouncil area of Scotland3.1 km
  • Cove Bayvillage suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK2.1 km
  • Altenssuburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK1.1 km
  • Torrysuburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK1.5 km