Garioch heritage centre

Garioch – Geer-ee – Gaelic – Gairbheach

Place of roughness

Garioch Heritage Centre will close from 20th December 2025 and reopen on 14th January 2026.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our visitors, volunteers, and staff for their support during 2025 and wish everyone a joyful Christmas and New Year.

The Garioch Heritage Centre can be found on the site of the old Railway Works, behind the Aldi store, in a building with a distinctive ‘sawtooth’ roof which was once the Carriage and Waggonworks building.

Entry is free. The Centre is a treasure trove of artefacts, photographs and information relating to the Garioch – the heart of Aberdeenshire – many displayed in a series of exhibits in the light and spacious upstairs gallery (accessible by lift).

The Centre is staffed by friendly and welcoming volunteers, happy to share their local knowledge. Visitors can also seek refreshment in Cafe Loco at the Garioch Heritage Centre where tea, excellent coffee, scones and fine pieces and light lunches are served (last orders 3.30pm).

The Downstairs Gallery regularly hosts special exhibitions for which there may be a small entry charge.

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