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# Balnabruich

Balnabruich is a small hamlet on the east coast of Scotland, close to Dunbeath, Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

[Plan a trip to Balnabruich](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Balnabruich) [From Aberdeen](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aberdeen&to=Balnabruich)

## Every way there

- Aberdeen → Balnabruich 146 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · £27–36 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aberdeen-to-balnabruich) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aberdeen&to=Balnabruich)
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Balnabruich 256 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · £34–45 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ingliston-edinburgh-to-balnabruich) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ingliston%2C+Edinburgh&to=Balnabruich)
- Glasgow → Balnabruich 269 km · quickest by road, 5h 29m · £36–48 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/glasgow-to-balnabruich) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Glasgow&to=Balnabruich)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Balnabruich, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Balnabruich](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/balnabruich)

What Balnabruich has

- Y Scheduled flights Aberdeen (ABZ), 137 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Aberdeen, 146 km.

58.242°, -3.444°

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balnabruich), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Nilfanion (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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