IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Craigs Road, ELLON, AB41 9BG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Craigs Road, AB41 9BG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (12 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Ellon
This is as far as the western outskirts of Ellon extended until the expansion of the town in recent decades. The view is from the former railway viaduct.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 11 May 2009
0.15 miles
2
River Ythan from the Bridge
Taken from an old rail bridge over the Ythan this is a westerly view with Meiklemill Woods on the left and housing at Esslemont Circle in Auchterellon on the right.
Image: © Andrew Wood
Taken: 9 Jan 2011
0.17 miles
3
River Ythan
Looking upstream from the former railway viaduct towards a large housing estate on the western outskirts of Ellon.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 11 May 2009
0.18 miles
4
Forrester Terrace
A view of Forrester Terrace and Auchterellon from the old rail bridge over the Ythan.
Image: © Andrew Wood
Taken: 9 Jan 2011
0.18 miles
5
Foresters' Terrace, Ellon?
...with the Scottish Baronial edifice of Auchtercrag (now flats) just visible in the background. Thanks to Elaine for correcting the caption.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 23 Feb 2020
0.18 miles
6
Ellon and Ythan
View from the cycle track on the Ellon viaduct over the river Ythan toward the outskirts of Ellon.
Image: © Mike and Kirsty Grundy
Taken: 25 Jul 2007
0.20 miles
7
Station Hotel, Ellon
The trains stopped running 55 years ago (as of 2020) but the hotel survives. Note the classic McEwan's laughing cavalier advertising sign.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 1 Mar 2020
0.21 miles
8
Ellon station (remains), 1997
View NE, towards Maud and Fraserburgh/Peterhead, also Boddam: ex-GNSR Aberdeen - Dyce - Fraserburgh/Peterhead line, junction of branch to Boddam. The station had closed to passengers 4/10/65 (goods 11/9/67), although freight to Fraserburgh continued until 6/10/79. The Boddam branch lost its passenger service 13/10/32 and closed completely 1/1/49.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 4 Jul 1997
0.22 miles
9
River Ythan
The River Ythan upstream, viewed from the old railway bridge.
Image: © Scott Cormie
Taken: 18 Jul 2023
0.23 miles
10
Ellon Station
The site of Ellon Station. This was a junction with a branch line running to Boddam. The railway to Fraserburgh and Peterhead is now a cycle path. It closed to passengers in 1965 and freight in 1979.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 4 Aug 2011
0.24 miles