Boghead Holiday Cottages are situated on the edge of the Coreen Hills overlooking the 19th Century village of Lumsden in North East Scotland.

Lumsden is on the A97 between Alford and Huntly and is home to the Scottish Sculpture Workshop and has its own small Sculpture Trail. It still retains its garage which as well as providing full garage services has a small shop for daily essentials, it also has a childrens play park and nearby is the Mossat Antique Shop and the Mossat Fishery.

We are just off the Whisky Trail with 11 distilleries within a 20-mile radius and on the Castle Trail with the nearest, the 13th century Kildrummy Castle being only 4 miles away.

The Cairngorm National Park is 20 minutes away with its spectacular scenery and the Lecht Ski centre for the winter season.

We are 30 miles from both the Moray Coast (to the north) with its beautiful sandy beaches and small fishing villages and Aberdeen (to the east) with its grand Granite architecture and its new Conference Centre and Airport.

Alford the nearest town is home to the Alford Heritage Museum, covering the rural and social history of the area, the Grampian Transport Museum, for all things transport and  the Alford Valley Railway, a narrow gauge line, as well as the nearest supermarket, several cafes and some interesting independent shops, in the opposite direction is Huntly with its Castle, the Nordic Ski Centre and Deans Shortbread Factory, Shop and Bistro and Rizza’s Ice Cream Factory and Shop as well as 2 supermarkets and a selection of cafes and shops.

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