BROAD STREET

Located just off Union Street is Broad Street. In this area the old meets the new. Located here we have Marischal College. This building was founded in 1593 and became Aberdeen’s second university after Aberdeen University. This was the case until 1860, when the two universities merged and created todays Aberdeen University.

A few decades on from this in 1890, Broad Street was changed forever when the older buildings were demolished to make way for an extension to Marischal College which eventually opened in 1906. Today, the building is the headquarters to Aberdeen City Council and houses Police Scotland public counter in Aberdeen. Marischal College also holds the record for being the second largest granite building in the world.

Opposite Marischal College we have the modern Marischal Square which houses offices and hospitality outlets. Located in the centre of here we have a steel sculpture of a leopard made by the same person who created the world-renowned Kelpies, Andy Scott. Also tucked into this area is the home of Aberdeen’s Lord Provost Skene.

The house dates back to 1545 and is the oldest townhouse in Aberdeen. Which over the centuries it has seen people such as the Duke of Cumberland stay here as he travelled to the Battle of Culloden and has had various uses such as a home, a homeless hostel, and a lodging house however in its current form it is a museum dedicated to the people of Aberdeen and the Northeast of Scotland who helped shaped Aberdeen and the rest of the world. Also standing outside the house is a statue dedicated to footballer Denis Law who was born in Aberdeen and possibly one of the best footballers from Scotland.