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ÖSLEY's granite front on Bridge Street, Ballater, a navy sign above the door.
Aberdeenshire

ÖSLEY

A bright little shop on Bridge Street in Ballater, full of Scandinavian-style toys, gifts and things for the home, from Maileg mice to Ferm Living.

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Welcome

On Bridge Street in Ballater, behind a granite front with a navy sign and window boxes of flowers, ÖSLEY is a bright little shop where everything has been chosen with care.

For children there are wooden toys from Little Dutch, dolls, role-play sets, and the tiny Maileg mice that live in matchboxes and dolls' houses. For the home there are cushions, rugs, mirrors, lamps and baskets from Ferm Living, Nkuku and Olli Ella, and bright lockers from Mustard Made.

Everything can be wrapped as a gift, and online orders can be collected in the shop. The Strong Water Co. and the cafés of Ballater are a few doors away.

Round the cornerBridge House CaféA family-run café on the same street.1 min by roadSee itCappuccino and sliced cake on a wooden table in a café
Before you go

Check the shop's own site for opening hours.

Orders placed online before 3pm can be collected in store.

Where
Bridge Street, Ballater, AB35 5QP.
Here
Toys, gifts and things for the home.
Where it is

On Bridge Street in the middle of Ballater.

Close byBallater.
  1. Balmoral ArmsBalmoral ArmsUnder a mile1 min by road
  2. The Strong Water CoThe Strong Water CoA whisky shop a few doors along.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. Stone arched bridge crossing a river below forested hills in autumnBallaterA granite village on the River Dee in Royal Deeside, planned in the late 1700s for the spa at Pannanich Wells, eight miles east of Balmoral.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. Fish Shop Restaurant, AberdeenshireFish Shop RestaurantA seafood restaurant and fishmonger in the village.Under a mile1 min by road
  5. The granite front of the Deeside Deli on Bridge Street, Ballater, flowers hanging by its windows.Deeside Deli & Garden ShopA family deli in Ballater with a cheese counter and a Royal Warrant.Under a mile1 min by road
Directions
Cappuccino and sliced cake on a wooden table in a caféCafeBridge House Café0.2 miles
The Albert Memorial Hall, with a red telephone box outside its turreted stone facadeRestaurantsLunch and a Wander in Ballater0.3 miles
Ballater Golf Course, AberdeenshireAttractionsBallater Golf Course0.3 miles
Darroch Learg, AberdeenshireBallaterDarroch LeargPlace to stay · 0.8 miles
Old gravestones in the round kirkyard at Tullich among trees, the ruined kirk wall behind.AttractionsTullich Kirkyard and its carved stones2.0 miles
Knock Castle, AberdeenshireAttractionsKnock Castle2.1 miles
Cambus O'May Suspension Bridge, AberdeenshireAttractionsCambus o’ May Suspension Bridge4.1 miles
Inverenzie Cottage, AberdeenshireBallaterInverenzie CottageSleeps 4 · 4.7 miles
Burn O’Vat, AboyneAttractionsBurn o’ Vat5.9 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the shop, and when each is next free.

Darroch Learg, AberdeenshireDarroch Learg
  • A hotel
  • In Ballater
  • Under a mile from ÖSLEY
Check datesInverenzie Cottage, AberdeenshireInverenzie Cottage
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Ballater
  • 4 miles from ÖSLEY
Free 24–26 OctTwo grey linen sofas face each other across a dark wooden coffee table, checked roman blinds at the windows and a framed landscape print on the wall.Old School Cottage
  • Sleeps 7
  • In Aberdeenshire
  • 6 miles from ÖSLEY
Free 17–19 OctA wooden table and chairs with green cushions stand on a stone patio beside a gabled stone house, a lawn stretching in front.Laggan Cottage
  • Sleeps 8
  • In Aberdeenshire
  • 6 miles from ÖSLEY
Free 18–20 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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