Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop – Deer Abbey loop from Methlick

Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop – Deer Abbey loop from Methlick

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riders

Platform 5 Café & Sweet Shop – Deer Abbey loop from Methlick

06:42

107km

960m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 103 km for 9 m

After 103 km for 8 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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25.1 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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29.5 km

Deer Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

This abbey was home to Cistercian monks for more than 300 years until the Protestant Reformation of 1560 ended the spiritual use of the abbey. It is thought the abbey …

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40.9 km

Newton Wood

Forest

41.2 km

Strichen Lodge

Highlight • Cafe

Good cafe, takeaway available

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50.3 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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50.4 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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59.8 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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80.0 km

Logierieve Wood

Forest

102 km

Haddo House

Highlight • Monument

expansive grounds, café etc.

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103 km

Haddo House

Highlight • Castle

Haddo House has a large country park, ideal for countryside running. Many trails through the woodland and around the loch. For a good measure, the run from the house to …

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