Editing Peterculter (section)

==Attractions==
[[File:Rob Roy (Culter).jpg|thumb|Statue of Rob Roy]] 
High up on the steep, rocky bank of the Culter Burn, near the western exit of the town, was a colourful and well-tended kilted wooden figure holding a broadsword and [[targe]], representing [[Robert Roy MacGregor|Rob Roy Macgregor]], who, according to local legend, leapt across the burn at that point to flee pursuing Hanoverian troops (given the width of the stream there, the story - which has its local variants in many parts of Scotland - is unlikely to have much basis in fact). The outlaw [[Gilderoy (Outlaw)|Gilderoy]] is a more likely historical figure for the story. The original statue is thought to have been a modified ship's figurehead. The statue was replaced in 2017 by a resin effigy, wearing ancient Macgregor tartan.

Due to its nearness to Aberdeen City and being only about {{Convert | 30 | mi | sigfig = 1 | spell = in}} from the [[Cairngorm National Park]], Culter is a base for tourists.  In the town itself there are choices of many [[Hiking|local walks]], including its connection to the [[Deeside Way]] at the site of the former [[Culter railway station]], as well as the forest area known locally as "Sandy Hilly", or "The Muggie Widds" (St. Margaret Woods), the entrance to which sits beside the Bucklerburn region.

For sport, there is Peterculter Golf Club and Culter Sports Centre. Each year, on the last Saturday in May, is the Culter Gala, in the main [[playing field]] of the town; this event draws hundreds of local townsfolk.