Lakes & lochs in AberdeenshireAberdeenshire, Scotland

5 lakes and lochs in the Albion Guide across Aberdeenshire — see the full lakes and lochs directory, or everything to explore in Aberdeenshire.

Loch Muick

Queen Victoria's retreat of Glas-allt-Shiel stands at the head of this loch on the Balmoral estate below Lochnagar.

Aberdeenshire

In a glen south of Braemar, it lies on the old right-of-way over Jock's Road to Glen Clova through the Cairngorms.

Braemar

On Deeside near Ballater, this shallow loch holds crannogs and an early Christian cross-slab in a nature reserve.

Dinnet

West of Aberdeen, this shallow loch is a haven for wintering wildfowl and once a noted haunt of whooper swans.

Kintore

Britain's largest dune lake, a shallow Aberdeenshire lagoon behind coastal sands and a major staging post for wild geese.

Fraserburgh