Your gateway to Aberdeenshire

Ardgrain is a locally run website from the heart of Aberdeenshire in Scotland, offering a wealth of local information including Grampian webcams, North-East pictures, historic Scotland and Scottish info and much more.

 

Aberdeenshire Pictures

Image galleries of North-East Scotland

Stunning views of Grampian and Aberdeenshire, from medieval castles to picturesque mountains and highland glens.

Aberdeenshire Guide

Information at your fingertips

  • Aberdeenshire shops and businesses
  • Local information and public notices
  • Classsified ads and more...

Explore the very best the North-East of Scotland has to offer with the Aberdeenshire Guide. From holiday cottages to kilt makers, our local business directory has it all.

Free Webcam Hosting

Ardgrain is now offering a free webcam hosting facility for interesting views within Aberdeenshire. Read more...

Grampian Webcams and Weather

Check Scotland's weather with live reports from Gardenstown and Inverurie weather stations, and see more of Aberdeenshire's stunning countryside with our award winning Gardenstown, New Deer and Ellon Webcams.

Gardenstown Webcam

Discover Ardgrain

Take a tour through Ardgrain, the 17th Century 'Grade A' house on the outskirts of Ellon

Ardgrain has been described as one of the crispest, sparest and most truly Scots houses in the North-East.

Built by the Kennedy family of Ellon Castle, Ardgrain is thought to be the oldest building of its kind in this part of Scotland.

Award Winning Views

Our new Gardenstown webcam and New Deer Webcam have both recently won Earthcams top 10 world webcams.

Award winning webcam

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Inverurie Weather - Barometer and Temperature

Inverurie Weather

The Inverurie weather station is sited in the Royal Burgh of Inverurie to the North West of Aberdeen, in the Don Valley in Scotland.

Pictures of Inverurie and Bennachie can be found in our galleries, and Bennachie can be seen in our New Deer webcam.

Inverurie weather data is collected on a Davis weather station, and this page updates every 30 minutes.  Read more » 

Tibetan Thangkas

Based in Morayshire, Tibetan Thangkas offer authentic Tibetan Buddhist Art by Giclee Prints

Tibetan Thangka

Thangka painting is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist art form, which has been practised in Tibet for much more than one thousand years.  Read more » 

Yellow's On the Broom

Yellows on the broom Aberdeenshire flyer

 

With the generous support of local family company Fotheringham Property Developments, our annual event is hosting its renowned variety of international and more locally based acts for another fun-packed weekend!

Interspersed with live music on the main stage are a magician, aerial acts and surprise music features on a small stage. The Festival is being held for the tenth consecutive year at Sillyflatt Farm, Inverbervie, on the evenings of Saturday, May 2nd. and Sunday, May 3rd. at 7.30PM.

Sillyflatt Farm is situated one mile south of the 'Royal Burgh' of Inverbervie, and is accessed directly from th

e A92 Stonehaven to Montrose "Coast Road", near the turn-off for the coastal village of Gourdon. As well as the appealing mix and variety of very danceable live music in the evenings, during the Saturday and Sunday afternoons, Music and Craft tuition workshops are also on offer at the nearby Mill of Benholm.  Read more » 

Linkbraeheads

Linkbraeheads, Portsoy

Linkbraeheads Bed and Breakfast

Linkbraeheads is a recently refurbished former farmhouse with the best of both worlds, overlooking countryside and coast  and a few minutes walk  from Sandend's beach. Situated between the two former fishing villages of Cullen and Portsoy and overlooking Sandend on the main coastal route.   Read more » 

Scots Connection

Scots Connection

Scots Connection

Since 1999, from our base in the heart of castle country, Scots Connection has supplied authentic Scottish woven tartans, traditional Scottish gifts, and the finest Highland dress, to thousands of satisfied customers around the world.  Read more » 

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