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Attractions near Castle Fraser
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Pitmedden Garden
(8 Miles)*
A visit here offers an experience as rich in history as any country house or castle. The Garden was originally laid out in 1675 by Pitmedden's first baronet, Sir Alexander Seton, and was re-created by the NTS in the 1950s. |
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Archeolink Prehistory Park
(8 Miles)*
Archeolink is a multi award winning living history park and visitor attraction, with a central focus on education, participation and fun. |
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Drum Castle
(9 Miles)*
This castle, one of the most beautiful in Royal Deeside, was owned by the Irvine family of Drum for 653 years. |
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Grampian Transport Museum
(9 Miles)*
A treasure house of transport history with lots to see and do. Dramatic displays, push button exhibits and video presentations trace the history of road travel in the locality. |
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Alford Valley Railway
(9 Miles)*
Alford Valley Railway operates from the restored station yard which once marked the terminus of the branch line linking the villages of upper Donside with Kintore junction and hence to Aberdeen. |
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Crathes Castle
(9 Miles)*
An ideal place for the whole family to visit for a fantastic day out on Royal Deeside. The castle, with its fairytale turrets, is a superb example of a 16th-century tower house |
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Craigievar Castle
(10 Miles)*
This fairytale-like castle, which exemplifies some of the best Scottish Baronial architecture, seems to have grown naturally out of the beautiful rolling hillsides of Aberdeenshire. |
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Storybook Glen
(11 Miles)*
Visit Storybook Glen the spectacular Family Theme Park. |
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Blairs Museum
(12 Miles)*
Blairs Museum has a stunning collection of fine and decorative art spanning more than 500 years. |
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Tolbooth
(13 Miles)*
The Tolbooth is one of the oldest buildings in Aberdeen and one of the best preserved 17th century Scottish gaols. Now a museum, The Tolbooth focuses on the history of crime and punishment within the city. |
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Aberdeen Art Gallery
(13 Miles)*
Housed in Neo-Classical building, purpose built in 1884, Aberdeen's splendid Art Gallery houses an important fine art collection with particularly good examples of 19th, 20th and 21st century works. |
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Leith Hall
(15 Miles)*
There are 286 acres of scenic estate land to explore. The formal and informal gardens are noted for their colour and diversity. |
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Haddo House
(16 Miles)*
Haddo House is unusual for Aberdeenshire in that it is not a castle - yet it is one of the most beautiful stately homes open to the public in Scotland. |
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Fyvie Castle
(16 Miles)*
Undoubtedly one of the finest castles in Scotland, Fyvie can trace its royal connections back to 1211 and William the Lion. |
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Huntly Castle
(21 Miles)*
Remarkable for its splendid architecture, Huntley Castle served as a baronial residence for five centuries. |
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