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The granite Station Hotel at Maud on a corner of the village.
Aberdeenshire

Maud Railway Museum

The old junction station of the Buchan line, now a small railway museum on a cycle path.

Welcome

Maud was a junction, the place where the railway from Aberdeen split in two, one line running on to Peterhead and the other to Fraserburgh.

The station buildings still stand, and they now hold a small museum of the Buchan railways, opened by Aberdeenshire Council in 2000 and kept going by volunteers.

Inside are the posters, signs, photographs and railway odds and ends that tell the story of the line and the villages it served. The tracks themselves are long gone, turned into the Formartine and Buchan Way, a path for walkers and cyclists, so the best way to arrive is the way many visitors do, along the old line by bike.

The museum opens on the second and fourth weekends of the month from April to September, 10am to 4pm, and volunteers are often on site on Wednesdays and Saturdays and glad to show people round. Entry is free, with a small bookshop, and the village shop does hot snacks to eat at the tables outside.

A short drive awayAikey Brae Stone CircleThe most complete recumbent stone circle in the north of Aberdeenshire, with a 21.5-tonne recumbent stone.5 min by roadSee itThe recumbent and standing stones of Aikey Brae Stone Circle in a clearing among dark pines.
Before you go

Open on the second and fourth weekends of the month from April to September, 10am to 4pm.

Entry is free, and there are two car parks.

Open
2nd and 4th weekends, Apr to Sep, 10 to 4.
Entry
Free.
Where it is

Maud.

Close byAround Maud.
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  2. A costumed figure in a red gingham shawl and black bonnet among the displays of the Aberdeenshire Farming Museum.Aberdeenshire Farming MuseumA hundred and fifty years of north-east farming, told inside a steading of around 1800.5 miles11 min by road
  3. A tall old tree in full summer leaf in the woodland of Aden Country Park.Aden Country ParkWoodland, a lake and a Victorian arboretum round a half-moon steading in the middle of Buchan.5 miles11 min by road
  4. The blue front of Strichen Antiques under its sign.Strichen AntiquesTwo stores of the weird and wonderful in a Buchan village: curios, jewellery, salvage and taxidermy.7 miles10 min by road
  5. Delgatie Castle's tower rising above bare winter trees.Delgatie Castle13 miles21 min by road
Directions
The recumbent and standing stones of Aikey Brae Stone Circle in a clearing among dark pines.AttractionsAikey Brae Stone Circle2.3 miles
A drawing room at Haddo House, its ornate ceiling above portraits and blue chairs.AttractionsHaddo House15 miles
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