Castle · 0.6 km off the route
Scone Palace
Castle owned by the Earl of Mansfield in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Peter Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0Deeside Tourist Route
The signed tourist route from Bridge of Earn, just south of Perth, by Scone and Blairgowrie over Glenshee and the Cairnwell to Braemar, then down Royal Deeside through Ballater to Aberdeen.
- Distance
- 108 miles (174 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Perthshire and Aberdeenshire
Follows the official route
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 34 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 12
- Curvature
- 96 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 15
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 18 to mile 52. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 17 to mile 37, at 158 degrees of turning a mile.
- Passes: Cairnwell Pass (670 m, mile 42).
- 3 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- The Cairnwell on the A93 is one of the highest public roads in Britain and closes in snow. Check Traffic Scotland in winter and spring.
- A short motorway stretch on the M90 at the Perth end.
On the way
- Bridge of Earn
- Blairgowrie
- Spittal of Glenshee
- Braemar
- Ballater
- Aboyne
- Banchory
- Aberdeen
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in Bridge of EarnWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in AberdeenWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Abbey · 0.4 km off the route
Scone Abbey
Abbey in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Pass · On the route
Cairnwell Pass
Mountain pass in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · On the route
Braemar Castle
Castle near Braemar, Scotland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 0.7 km off the route
Invercauld Castle
Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.3 km off the route
Balmoral Castle
Estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Stuart Yeates from Oxford, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.8 km off the route
Aboyne Castle
Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.6 km off the route
Crathes Castle
16th century castle in northeast Scotland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 1 km off the route
Drum Castle
Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.