Old Town Treasure

Explore Old Aberdeen and the heart of the city’s history. Below are the highlights of Aberdeen City Council’s Old Aberdeen Trail with additions, find out more at aberdeencity.gov.uk/trails St Margaret’s Chapel and Convent, 17 Spital(consecrated in 1892) Old Aberdeen Bookshop, 140 Spital A treasure trove of golden genius, where prose meets poetry, where the intellectual […]

Timeless Trail: CastleGate

Aberdeen city centre has a stunning array of heritage and history, as featured in Aberdeen City Council’s Sculpture and Curios Trail. Here is the start of the trail, in and around the ancient Castlegate area. This statue dates from the late 18th century, when it was installed on top of the Castlegate Well. It is […]

Light the north: the lighthouse trail

The North East of Scotland was lit up throughout August to October 2021 by a trail of painted lighthouse sculptures. The sculpture trail featured work from some of the UK’s most talented artists, in addition to smaller sculptures painted by school children. Thereafter the lighthouses are auctioned to raise money for the cancer charity CLAN, […]