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The red front of the Dean's building on Depot Road in Huntly under its name.
Aberdeenshire

Dean's of Huntly

The home of Dean's shortbread, with a bright bistro and a shop beside the bakery.

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Welcome

Dean's shortbread began with Helen Dean, baking at home in Huntly, and her melt-in-the-mouth shortbread grew into a business known far beyond Huntly.

Huntly is still its home, and the visitor centre on Depot Road sits beside the bakery where the shortbread is made.

The bistro is a bright, airy room serving full breakfasts, soup, light bites, jacket potatoes, burgers and paninis, with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free choices throughout, and a counter of home bakes made in their own kitchen. The afternoon tea is the thing to book, a stand of sweet and savoury treats with refills of tea or coffee, and it needs forty-eight hours' notice.

The shop next door carries the whole range of shortbread and biscuits, along with a big choice of Scottish gifts, and it is where most people fill a bag to take home. Huntly Castle and the Deveron are a few minutes away, which makes a good morning of it.

A short drive awayHuntly Falconry CentreA bird of prey centre in the hills west of Huntly, where owls, hawks, falcons and eagles fly in demonstrations from April to October.8 min by roadSee itClose-up of a bald eagle's white head and hooked yellow beak
Before you go

The bistro serves breakfast through to afternoon tea.

The afternoon tea needs forty-eight hours' notice, on 01466 455 194.

Where
Depot Road, Huntly.
Afternoon tea
Book 48 hours ahead.
Where it is

Huntly.

Close byAround Huntly.
  1. Huntly CastleHuntly Castle1 mile4 min by road
  2. Leith Hall, pale harled walls and turrets, above its gravel drive.Leith HallA quirky National Trust house of 1650, seen by guided tour, with a hidden-gem garden.8 miles12 min by road
  3. A Pictish stone at Rhynie, its incised symbols faint on the pink granite.Rhynie Pictish StonesThree carved Pictish stones by the old kirkyard at Rhynie, under Tap o' Noth.9 miles14 min by road
  4. Tall copper pot stills in the stillhouse at the GlenDronach Distillery.The GlenDronach DistilleryA distillery of two hundred years in a quiet glen near Huntly, known for richly sherried malts.10 miles14 min by road
  5. The Picardy Stone standing in its field near Insch, a rough whinstone slab.The Picardy StoneA Pictish symbol stone still standing where it was raised, over a grave, outside Insch.10 miles21 min by road
Directions
Close-up of a bald eagle's white head and hooked yellow beakAttractionsHuntly Falconry Centre4.2 miles
The timber-roofed dining room at Morgan McVeigh's, tables by tall windows.RestaurantsMorgan McVeigh's10 miles
A single-storey lodge with a slated roof sits behind a stone wall and clipped hedge, mature trees shading the curving drive.RothiemayGate LodgeSleeps 2 · 10 miles
A triangular timber cabin stands behind a wooden gate and post-and-rail fence, bare trees framing the entrance.RothiemayMidparkSleeps 2 · 10 miles
A stone cottage with a slated roof and a blue front door, climbing roses in pink and white flanking the porch.AberdeenshireButlers CottageSleeps 4 · 10 miles
A grey stone cottage with dormer windows and a black front door, climbing roses either side, set behind a lawn.RothiemayBailies CottageSleeps 6 · 10 miles
The broken tower of Dunnideer Castle, a great window through it, on the grassy top of the hill.AttractionsDunnideer Castle11 miles
The roofless kirk of St Mary at Auchindoir among its gravestones and trees.AttractionsSt Mary's Church, Auchindoir11 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near Dean's of Huntly, and when each is next free.

A single-storey lodge with a slated roof sits behind a stone wall and clipped hedge, mature trees shading the curving drive.Gate Lodge
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Rothiemay
  • 6 miles from Dean's of Huntly
Check datesA triangular timber cabin stands behind a wooden gate and post-and-rail fence, bare trees framing the entrance.Midpark
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Rothiemay
  • 6 miles from Dean's of Huntly
Free 30 Oct – 1 NovA stone cottage with a slated roof and a blue front door, climbing roses in pink and white flanking the porch.Butlers Cottage
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Aberdeenshire
  • 6 miles from Dean's of Huntly
Free 17–19 OctA grey stone cottage with dormer windows and a black front door, climbing roses either side, set behind a lawn.Bailies Cottage
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Rothiemay
  • 6 miles from Dean's of Huntly
Free 26–28 OctPlaces to stayEvery stay in AberdeenshireAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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