Crathie, Aberdeenshire
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Crathie
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 Crathie School in 2007 | |
  Crathie Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| OS grid reference | NO266946 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BALLATER |
| Postcode district | AB35 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Crathie (
.Hugh Mackay
in 1689.
Crathie is 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of
Crathie Bridge is one of the more obscure of Brunel's iron bridges, demonstrating his balloon flange girder
.
The hills to the south contain a number of memorial
Prince Albert and some of his children. John Brown, a favoured acquaintance of Queen Victoria
's is also buried here.
The Royal Lochnagar distillery stands on the southern bank of the Dee east of the village. The only producer of a Deeside single malt, it is fed by natural springs rising on the slopes of Lochnagar, a neighbouring Munro.
In local government Ballater and Crathie share a combined
county constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, and in the Scottish Parliament it is represented by the county constituency of Aberdeenshire West
.
See also
- Aberdeenshire Cricket Association
References
- ^ "Community Council Ballater". ballaterandcrathiecommunitycouncil.com.
- AA Touring Guide to Scotland (1978)
External links
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Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City) | ||
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| in Banff and Buchan |  | |
| in Buchan | ||
| in Formartine | ||
| in Garioch | ||
| in Kincardine and Mearns | ||
| in Marr | ||
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| National | |
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