Visit Crimond Places

Welcome to Visit Crimond Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Crimond

  

Crimond Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Crimond

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Crimond history

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Sir Archibald Douglas was granted the lands of Crimond in 1324. In 1324, he was recorded as being granted a land in Crimond.

Crimond geography / climate

The main A90 road runs through Crimond and is lined by Crimond Church with a village hall, primary school, medical practice, shop and post office. The oldest houses in the village run alongside the main road with a modern estate to the west side. Crimond Care Home for the elderly and Crimond Motors garage also feature.

You can visit Crimond places with Walkfo Crimond to hear history at Crimond’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crimond has 9 places to visit in our interactive Crimond map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Crimond, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Crimond places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crimond & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 9 audio facts unique to Crimond places in an interactive Crimond map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Crimond Places Map
9 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Crimond historic spots	Crimond tourist destinations	Crimond plaques	Crimond geographic features
Walkfo Crimond tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Crimond

  

Best Crimond places to visit

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Crimond has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Crimond’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Crimond’s information audio spots:

Loch of Strathbeg Loch of Strathbeg is a designated Special Protection Area for wildlife conservation purposes . It is located near to Rattray and Crimond in Aberdeenshire .

Rattray, Aberdeenshire Rattray (historic: Rettre; occasionally: Rattery; Scottish Gaelic: Raitear) had been settled as far back as 4000 BC and was named a Royal Burgh in 1564 by Mary, Queen of Scots . The ancient burgh was located near to Crimond, but the village was largely destroyed and never recovered after a storm in the 18th century .

Castle of Rattray The Castle of Rattray was a medieval Scottish castle. It was originally built as a “late 12th- or early 13th century defensive motte” It provided protection for Starny Keppie Harbour and Rattray village. The castle was destroyed in the 1308 Harrying of Buchan in 1308.

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Visit Crimond plaques