Friends

Deesidewalks recommends on Deeside:

Ballater Walking Festival

The village of Ballater has its own walking festival every May. For more details see the walkballater website.

Visitor information websites

The Royal Deeside website is a mine of information about Ballater, Aboyne and the rest of Deeside including details of other walks, visitor attractions, accommodation, history and folklore.

The Cairngorms National Park website is also full of information about the whole of the Cairngorms National Park, from Aviemore and Kingussie in the west, Grantown-on-Spey in the north and Ballater and Dinnet in the East.