History of The Station Hotel Maud Aberdeenshire
The village of Maud stands in the valley of the South Ugie Water midway between the villages of New Deer and Old Deer, 12 miles west of Peterhead.
Meaning “meeting place”, Maud was once home to Europe’s busiest livestock auctions.
The Buchan Railway line which serviced Maud and its mart opened in stages between 1861 and 1865, with its main line running from Dyce in the south, to Fraserburgh in the north.
The railway stopped carrying passengers in the 1960s and freight at the end of the 1970s. Despite this, Maud has retained its railway station buildings which are now home to the Maud Railway Museum.
Other reminders of the railway remain in the form of the Formartine and Buchan Way which was converted from the old railway line, boasts 54miles of right of way and shapes part of the National Cycle Network;
And of course, the Station Hotel Maud.
Built in 1861 in anticipation of the forthcoming railway line, the Station Hotel Maud still remains a central point for many locals and travellers alike, here in the 21st Century. With only four owners since its creation, the current owners Deborah and Martin Yeats and family purchased the hotel in June 2008.
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