Mintlaw
Place in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
| Coordinates: | 57.524, -2.01 |
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| OS grid ref: | NJ 99 48 |
| Population: | 2,720 |
| Dialling code: | 01771 (Maud) |
Mintlaw is a small village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, northern Scotland, sitting amid rolling agricultural land and within easy reach of the North Sea coast. It functions as a local service centre for surrounding farms and hamlets and is conveniently placed between coastal towns such as Peterhead and Fraserburgh, with good access to rural walking country and dune systems.
Locally there are community facilities, schools and sports clubs that reflect a mixture of rural and coastal culture; the economy is largely driven by agriculture, local services and links to nearby fishing communities. The area is notable for wildlife and landscape attractions, including the bird-rich RSPB reserve at Loch of Strathbeg, and for archaeological traces of the region’s past, with cairns and standing stones scattered across the Buchan countryside.
Postcode districts covering Mintlaw
Most populated places nearby
- Peterhead 8 miles12.9 km
- Fraserburgh 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Inverurie 22 miles35.4 km
- Ellon 11.2 miles18 km
Neighbouring places
- Stuartfield Place 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Central Buchan Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Longside Place 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Maud Place 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Strichen Place 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Crimond Place 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Peterhead North and Rattray Ward 6.3 miles10.2 km
- St. Fergus Place 6.6 miles10.7 km
- New Deer Place 6.8 miles11 km
- Peterhead South and Cruden Ward 7.5 miles12 km
- Hatton of Cruden Place 7.7 miles12.3 km
- Peterhead Place 8 miles12.9 km
Example postcodes in Mintlaw
AB42 4JR, AB42 5GR, AB42 5BP, AB42 5LD, AB42 5UA, AB42 5BS, AB42 5FA, AB42 5EG, AB42 5FP … See all
Transport links
- Aberdeen Airport 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Inverness Airport 75.6 miles121.6 km
- Inverurie Railway Station 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Dyce Railway Station 23.1 miles37.1 km
Hotels near Mintlaw Ad
- Saplinbrae Hotel and Lodges 4 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Printworks 4 8.7 miles14 km
- Palace Hotel 3 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Buchan Braes Hotel 4 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Kilmarnock Arms Hotel 3 9.5 miles15.2 km
- White Horse Hotel 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Waverley Hotel 8.7 miles14 km
- Albert Hotel 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Heath Hill Hotel 9.3 miles15 km
- The Waterside 3 7.1 miles11.4 km
Schools in Mintlaw
- Mintlaw Academy Secondary
- Mintlaw Primary School Primary
- Pitfour School Primary
Local points of interest
- Pitfour House Estate 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Kinmundy House Estate 3 miles4.8 km
- Brucklay Castle Estate 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Auquharney House Estate 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Balmoor Stadium 8 miles12.9 km
- Port Henry Harbour Harbour 8.8 miles14.2 km
- South Harbour Harbour 8.9 miles14.3 km
- North Harbour Harbour 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Philorth House Estate 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Boyndlie House Estate 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Haddo House Estate 11.5 miles18.6 km
- Auchry House Estate 12 miles19.3 km