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


Visit Newmachar PlacesVisit Newmachar places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Newmachar places to visit. A unique way to experience Newmachar’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Newmachar as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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When you visit Newmachar, Walkfo brings Newmachar places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Newmachar Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Newmachar

Visit Newmachar – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 6 audio plaques & Newmachar places for you to explore in the Newmachar area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Newmachar places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Newmachar history

Etymology

The name originates from the original parish created in 1609, from part of the parish of St Machar’s Cathedral . The name refers to the village, originally known as Summerhill, with the surrounding parish being correctly known as New Machar .

Railways

The Newmachar railway station, on the Formartine and Buchan Railway, closed in 1965 . The station was located in the village of Newachar .

Auxiliary Units (World War II)

During World War II Winston Churchill initiated the forming of a British resistance force called Auxiliary Units . These units were made up of farmers, gamekeepers and estate workers . Newmachar had one of these patrols that were tasked with destroying the main railways to Inverness, and the Buchan line to Fraserburgh and Peterhead .

Newmachar geography / climate

Newmachar is 10 miles (16 km) NW of Aberdeen and 100 miles (160 km) NNE of Edinburgh. The main road (A947) bisects the village with most amenities (school, church, park, pub & hotel) to the East side of the road. Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan currently proposes adding a distributor road to bypass the village to the north relieve traffic through the town centre.

Why visit Newmachar with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Newmachar PlacesYou can visit Newmachar places with Walkfo Newmachar to hear history at Newmachar’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Newmachar has 6 places to visit in our interactive Newmachar 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 Newmachar, 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 Newmachar places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Newmachar & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 6 audio facts unique to Newmachar places in an interactive Newmachar map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Newmachar Places Map
6 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Newmachar historic spots

  Newmachar tourist destinations

  Newmachar plaques

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

  

Best Newmachar places to visit

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

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Visit Newmachar plaques

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here Newmachar has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Newmachar plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Newmachar using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Newmachar plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.