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The brick front of the Garioch Heritage Centre with its tall blue doors, in the old locomotive works.
Aberdeenshire

Garioch Heritage Centre

The story of the north-east told in a converted building of the old Inverurie locomotive works.

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Inverurie was a railway town, home to the historic Inverurie Locomotive Works.

The Garioch Heritage Centre is housed in one of the works' old industrial buildings, listed for its history and beautifully converted.

The permanent exhibition, fully accessible, tells the story of the north-east from the early twentieth century to today, and there are changing temporary exhibitions alongside it. The centre is a busy cultural hub for the area as well, with live theatre, music and craft workshops through the year, and a library and reading area where local history can be researched, with a growing store of digitised records.

Café Loco does home-baked treats and light lunches, and there is parking on site, with private guided tours by appointment. It is open year round. The Brandsbutt Stone, a Pictish stone with an Ogham inscription, is close by in the town.

Close byThe FoghouseA quiet whisky, wine and coffee bar in Inverurie with over 400 whiskies by the dram.2 min by roadSee itThe front of the Foghouse on Market Place, Inverurie.
Before you go

Open year round, with Café Loco, parking and private guided tours by appointment.

Where
Inverurie, by the old locomotive works.
Café
Café Loco.
Where it is

Inverurie.

Close byAround Inverurie.
  1. Belvoir Farm elderflower, Perelló olives, baguette and salami on a checked tableclothThe Kilted Frog DelicatessenUnder a mile1 min by road
  2. Dreamy Goat Coffee's white cottage front on North Street, Inverurie.Dreamy Goat Coffee Co.Under a mile3 min by road
  3. The Brandsbutt Stone, pieced back together, its symbols and line of Ogham on the grey whinstone.The Brandsbutt StoneA Pictish stone in Inverurie carved with symbols and a line of Ogham, pieced back together.1 mile4 min by road
  4. Carved stone panels and fragments laid along a shelf against the rubble wall of Kinkell Church.Kinkell ChurchA roofless church of 1538 by the Don, with a rare sacrament house and a knight's effigy.2 miles6 min by road
  5. Weathered standing stones in a circle overlooking fields and distant hillsEast Aquhorthies Stone Circle3 miles9 min by road
Directions
The front of the Foghouse on Market Place, Inverurie.BarsThe Foghouse0.6 miles
White gabled building with red door, sign reading "Old Post Office" above windowsCafeOld Post Office Tea Room4.2 miles
Two pink soft-serve cones held up under the neon sign at Barra Berries.CafeBarra Berries4.7 miles
The tall red granite Maiden Stone under Bennachie, its carving worn by weather.AttractionsThe Maiden Stone5.1 miles
The ring of standing stones at Loanhead of Daviot round its low central cairn, trees behind.AttractionsLoanhead of Daviot Stone Circle5.2 miles
The whitewashed buildings and tall chimney of Glen Garioch Distillery in Oldmeldrum.AttractionsGlen Garioch Distillery5.5 miles
Meldrum House's turrets seen through trees, heather in the foreground.AttractionsMeldrum House Hotel6.1 miles
A plate of toast, eggs, beans and chips at Café 83 in Kemnay.CafeCafé 836.2 miles
Marshall's restaurant, timber tables in a bright room of brick and stone.CafeMarshall's Farm Shop6.8 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near Garioch Heritage Centre, 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
  • 20 miles from Garioch Heritage Centre
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
  • 20 miles from Garioch Heritage Centre
Free 27–29 OctA 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
  • 20 miles from Garioch Heritage Centre
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
  • 20 miles from Garioch Heritage Centre
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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