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Skene Estate (Lot 2), Dunecht, Westhill, Aberdeenshire

Land size
267.25 acres

Description

CLOSING DATE SET: FRIDAY, 7th AUGUST 2026 at 12 NOON

Skene Estate (Lot 2) - Land at Upper Affloch
Offers Over £1,550,000

Aberdeen 12 miles, Dundee 70 miles, Aberdeen Airport 9 miles, Edinburgh Airport 130 miles (all distances are approximate)

Located to the north of the village of Dunecht, Upper Affloch is a short drive from Westhill offering all local amenities such as supermarkets, Post Office, bakers, butchers, pharmacy, craft and gift shops, a selection of cafés, in addition to a medical centre, dentist, mechanics and local schools for both primary and secondary education.

Upper Affloch extends to approximately 267.25 acres (108.16 hectares) of arable, grazing and amenity woodland together with a large, flexible general purpose shed and yard space suitable for storage or housing of livestock whilst offering potential for a variety of diversified uses subject to obtaining the relevant consents.

The land within Upper Affloch is made up of around 139.42 acres (56.42 hectares) of productive class 3.1 arable cropping ground with an additional 58.97 acres (23.87 hectares) of class 3.2 and 4.2 grazing land. The balance is made up of mature amenity woodland and tracks.

The land ranges in altitude between 90 and 130 meters above sea level and is presently divided into 16 separate field areas, the majority of which are well suited to modern mechanised farming practices.

The Gas Wood comprises of around 42 acres (17 hectares) of mature broadleaf woodland and 10 acres (4 hectares) of commercial spruce plantation. The broadleaves provide significant amenity value and enhance the already exceptional views and feel of the surrounding fields with the Spruce providing a long-term income for the purchaser. The woodland is accessed by a farm track that runs parallel with the woodland.

VIEWING
Strictly by prior arrangement with the selling agents who should be contacted in advance to advise on access arrangements. For the personal safety of interested parties, please be aware of potential hazards at the property as the buildings and land may be in temporary use for livestock handling or other agricultural operations.

OFFERS
Offers in Scottish Legal Form should be submitted to the Selling Agents at their Perth office. Parties are asked to satisfy themselves that they fully understand the implication of offering under Scottish Law. The sellers reserve the right not to accept any offer.

FINANCIAL GUARANTEE/ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS
Any offer by prospective purchaser(s), regardless of where they are ordinarily resident and regardless whether on a cash or subject to loan finance basis, must be accompanied by a financial reference from a bank/funding source that is acceptable to the sellers. Prospective purchasers will also be required to produce identification sufficient to satisfy anti money laundering regulations and checks against the intended purchaser or nominee together with other documentation that may be required, from time to time, in order to support any conditional offers submitted to the seller. Bidwells LLP accepts no liability of any type arising from your delay or other lack of co-operation in this regard. Failure to provide the requisite AML documentation with offers may result in them not being considered at the closing date or being superseded by an offer which is. Settlement may also be delayed or aborted due to non-compliance with requests for information or failure to deliver adequate information within the requisite timeframes. We may hold your name on our database unless you instruct us otherwise.

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Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-06-24

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 15 Farms & Smallholdings listings in Scotland (250+ acres).

This Property£5,800 / acre
Farms & Smallholdings Average (250+ acres) £3,966 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 67% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Skene School1.3 miles
    Pupils
    47
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Dunecht School1.7 miles
    Pupils
    52
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Echt School3 miles
    Pupils
    52
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Crombie School3.3 miles
    Pupils
    326
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Elrick School3.3 miles
    Pupils
    352
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Westhill Academy3.5 miles
    Pupils
    847
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Kemnay Academy5.7 miles
    Pupils
    993
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Bucksburn Academy7.2 miles
    Pupils
    907
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Hazlehead Academy7.5 miles
    Pupils
    1,074
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Inverurie Academy7.7 miles
    Pupils
    1,292
    Type
    Non-denominational

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Westhill, Westhill3.2 miles
M&S Westhill SF, Westhill3.7 miles
Aldi Westhill, Westhill3.7 miles

GP surgery

Skene Medical Group4 miles

Pharmacy

A&L Porter (Westhill) Ltd3.7 miles

Walking trail

Gask Circular Road Link1.4 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Kintore Railway Station5.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

School1.2 miles

Typical drive times

Kintore16 min · 8 miles
Westhill12 min · 4.5 miles
Blackburn14 min · 7 miles
Inverurie20 min · 11 miles
Aberdeen (city)27 min · 12 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Within SEPA's mapped river flood extentMapped risk

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Surface water

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The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)

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