📌 Blackburn, Aberdeen City
★★★
Sandwiched between Aberdeen Airport, the A96 dual carrriageway, and now the new Aberdeen ring road too, Tyrebagger Hill doesn’t sound like a promising destination. But this forested hill turns out to have plenty of character, with excellent views towards Bennachie and over the city of Aberdeen. There’s a miniature fairytale tower on the summit with a spiral staircase accessing the top.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish just off A96 2 mi east of Blackburn
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NJ 853116
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.194644,-2.243189
🚌 Bus stops on A96 near Bishopston Farm (join route on west side)
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 6 km / 4 mi | ▲ 140 m | ⌛ 1.5-2 hr
Features: △ Tyrebagger Hill (250 m)
⬤ Easy | Mostly tracks with a little mud; clear path to summit. Route waymarked in white (Tappie Tower Trail)
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise lollipop circuit with extension to summit: start – track junction at 🧭 NJ 848115 – track junction at 🧭 NJ 855122 – track junction near Pitdouries Well – Gueval Wood – Tyrebagger Hill – return to Gueval Wood – track junction at 🧭 NJ 843119 – start. Route marked in white on map 🔗 here (Tappie Tower Trail)
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Birds in the forest but mostly quiet.
Weather: Sunshine and scattered clouds, temperatures in single figures.
December 2012
