Stonehaven is the small town in
United Kingdom, located some 30 km to the south-west from
Aberdeen. The capital city
London is in 810 km to the south-east. According to the latest census, the population of Stonehaven is about 11,400 people. Stonehaven is a popular tourist destination thanks to its ruins and sports facilities.
The closest airport Dyce (IATA: ABZ) is about 40 km away.
Places to see in Stonehaven
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a precipitous rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles (3 km) south of Stonehaven. Its surviving buildings are largely of the 15th-16th centuries, but an important fortress certainly existed on this site from Dark Age times. Dunnottar played an important role in the history of Scotland from the Middle Ages through to the Enlightenment, due to its strategic location overlooking the shipping lanes to northern S…
Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool, Queen Elizabeth Park, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire AB39 2RD, is an Olympic sized heated open air public pool opened in 1934. It is the lido in the UK.
The Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan is a ruined chapel overlooking the North Sea immediately north of Stonehaven, in the Mearns of Scotland, along the northern shoreline of Stonehaven Bay. (Watt, 1985) The founding of this Christian place of worship is associated with St. Nathalan. Who lived circa 650 AD. The structure is alternatively known as Cowie Chapel. The chapel is at the point where the Highland Boundary Fault meets the sea and so is on the dividing line between the highlands and l…
Ury House is a large ruined mansion in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in the Elizabethan style in 1885 by Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet. It is situated on the north-east coast about 1 mile (1. 6  km) north of Stonehaven in the former county of Kincardineshire.
If you have already seen Stonehaven, there are still plenty of things to do on the outskirts of the city. Are you fancy to travel around a bit? Here is our list:
Be sure to check out photos of the area taken by other travellers.