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Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop – Station Hotel loop from Old Deer

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Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop – Station Hotel loop from Old Deer

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Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop – Station Hotel loop from Old Deer

04:00

51.5km

230m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.8 km for 76 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.13 km

The Old Mart Café

Highlight • Other

5.41 km

Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop

Highlight • Cafe

Cosy cafe serving hot food and drinks.

Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 5 pm

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5.48 km

Maud Railway Station and Formartine & Buchan Railway Museum

Highlight • Settlement

Maud, formerly known as Brucklay is a quaint village that once served as a crucial junction for the Fraserburgh and Peterhead railway lines.

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6.88 km

Den of Old Maud

Forest

15.0 km

Formartine and Buchan Way Cycle Track

Highlight • Cycleway

A disused rail way line now converted to a cycle track.

Mostly good gravel surface with the odd overgrown or rough section.

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24.4 km

Station Hotel

Highlight • Pub

3star hotel, 5star pub grub.

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24.9 km

River Woods

Forest

25.9 km

Ellon Old Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The old bridge in Ellon was built in 1793 and was the main crossing of the river Ythan up until 1944. It is now only in use for pedestrians. A …

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26.0 km

Coffee Lab Café by the River Ythan

Highlight • Cafe

Café by the River Ythan. Indoor and outdoor seating. Lovely staff, great coffee, all day breakfast, sandwiches, toasties, soup, pancakes and cakes.

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39.2 km

Formartine and Buchan Way: Maud to Auchnagatt

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The Formartine and Buchan Way is a multi-user trail that follows the old railway line from Dyce in the south to Fraserburgh on the north coast. There is also a …

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51.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.6 km

17.3 km

5.02 km

2.97 km

1.39 km

116 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

25.4 km

16.2 km

6.73 km

2.78 km

403 m

Elevation

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Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop – Station Hotel loop from Old Deer

The Old Mart Café

Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop

Maud Railway Station and Formartine & Buchan Railway Museum

Formartine and Buchan Way Cycle Track

Station Hotel

Ellon Old Bridge

Coffee Lab Café by the River Ythan

Formartine and Buchan Way: Maud to Auchnagatt

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