Stonehaven Folk Festival
10-13 July 2008
Stonehaven
is a very attractive coastal town in the North East of Scotland,
about 15 miles south of Aberdeen. Easily accessible from north
and south by road and rail, Stonehaven is on the main rail route
to Aberdeen. It is reached from the south by the A90 and the
A94 and from the north by the A90.
The picturesque town of Stonehaven offers many tourist
attractions, such as
Dunnottar Castle,
birthplace of RW Thomson (inventor of the pneumatic tyre in
1845) and its close connection to the
Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre
Arbuthnott.
Stonehaven's Art Deco (heated)
Open Air Swimming Pool
is the last of its kind in Scotland. Built over 60 years ago
and the training ground for many famous international swimmers,
it attracted as many as 65,000 people in the early 70's.
Updating and refurbishment has been carried out over the past
few years, ensuring the future of the 50 metre pool which means
so much to locals and visitors alike and the North-East as a
whole. The unique Aqua Ceilidh is held in the Pool on the
Sunday morning of the Festival.
There are many hotels and B&Bs in the town, as well as a wide
range of shops, pubs and leisure facilities. There is a caravan
park and there will be a basic temporary Festival campsite
during the weekend.
[With thanks to George MacGillivray]
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here to find out more about Stonehaven
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This site was last updated 26/12/2007