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The image top is of the Gordon Highlanders
Memorial on the west side of Banchory, next to
the Main Road, in memory of the 708 officers
and men of 7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
killed during World War One 1914 - 1919.
West Parish
Church is the most notable building on
Banchory High Street, completed in 1885 in
Gothic style as a Free Church.
The Burnett Arms
Hotel is next to the Church with outdoor
seating that gets the sun all day. This Hotel
was built from the mid 1800s as a Coaching
Inn.
Banchory High Street is where most of the
Shops, Cafes and Restaurants are located, with
Scott Skinner Square next to the High
Street.
Scott Skinner
Square was completed in 2015 for small
shops and seating areas. James Scott Skinner
was born in this area in 1843, becoming a
famous musician of the time.
Bellfield Park sits below the High Street
where the largest Car Park for the Town can be
found. This large Park is used for Recreation,
also Walking with a Path to the River Dee.
Banchory Lodge
Caravan Park is next to the Park and River Dee,
for Holiday Homes.
Cross the Bridge over the River Dee and it
is about half of a mile to the Falls of Feugh
where you can watch Fish jumping up the
Falls.
The Falls of Feugh
Restaurant is next to the Falls.
This Road also leads to Cairn O Mount, a
mountain road with viewing areas at the top, 12
miles from Banchory to the top, one of the top
drives in Scotland.
The Cairn O Mount road leads to Fettercairn
Village, 18 miles south of Banchory, popular
for its Whisky Distillery visits.
On the east side of Banchory High Street is
the old Ternan Kirkyard with its round Watch Tower,
used to stop Body Snatchers up to 1832, a time
newly buried Bodies were being stolen for sale
to Universities.
Aberdeen University was only supposed to get
two bodies of executed criminals per year from
the 1600s, this leading to Grave Robbing as
Universities would pay for more bodies. The
more bodies they could get, the more Anatomy
Students would want to use that University. New
laws in 1832 put an end to Body Snatching, as
after this time, it was illegal to take a Body,
as a Corpse then had legal standing.
Silverbank Touring
Park is on the east side of Banchory,
holding up to 62 Tourers, no Tents.
Royal Deeside
Railway is 2 miles east of Banchory, next
to the main road to Aberdeen. This Victorian
Station has a Railway Carriage Tearoom, Shop,
and short section of track for Vintage Trains.
Next to the Railway is The Milton of Crathes
complex with Craft Shops, Restaurant, and Art Gallery.
Crathes Castle is across the road
from the Railway, open for visits throughout
the summer, weekends in winter. This Castle was
built for the Burnett family from the
1500s.
Banchory History
400s - a small settlement was established
here by Saint Ternan,
known as Banchory-Ternan.
There was a Trail over the 1493 feet / 454 m
Cairn O' Mount at this time, connecting Deeside
to Angus. This Trail was also used by many
Armies during conflicts such as the First War
of Scottish Independence in the early 1300s,
and Jacobite Risings in the 1700s.
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