Aberdeen SYHA

Aberdeen


This unexceptional but good-value hostel, set in a granite Victorian villa, is a mile west of the train station. Walk west along Union St and take the right fork along Albyn Pl until you reach a roundabout; Queen's Rd continues on the western side of the roundabout.


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1. Gordon Highlanders Museum

0.7 MILES

This excellent museum records the history of one of the British Army's most famous fighting units, described by Winston Churchill as 'the finest regiment…

2. Aberdeen Art Gallery

1.11 MILES

Behind the grand facade of Aberdeen Art Gallery (closed for a major redevelopment until early 2019) is a cool, marble-lined space exhibiting the work of…

3. St Nicholas Church

1.21 MILES

On the northern side of Union St, 300m west of Castlegate, is St Nicholas Church, the so-called 'Mither Kirk' (Mother Church) of Aberdeen. The granite…

4. Provost Skene's House

1.29 MILES

This late-medieval turreted town house was occupied in the 17th century by the provost (Scottish equivalent of a mayor) Sir George Skene. It was also…

5. Marischal College

1.34 MILES

Marischal College, founded in 1593 by the 5th Earl Marischal, merged with King's College (founded 1495) in 1860 to create the modern University of…

6. Aberdeen Maritime Museum

1.35 MILES

Overlooking the nautical bustle of Aberdeen harbour is the Maritime Museum, centred on a three-storey replica of a North Sea oil-production platform,…

7. Mercat Cross

1.47 MILES

The 17th-century Mercat Cross bears a sculpted frieze of portraits of Stuart monarchs.

8. Salvation Army Citadel

1.5 MILES

The Baronial heap towering over the eastern end of Castle St is the Salvation Army Citadel (the local HQ of the Salvation Army), which was modelled on…