Ballater is a burgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Dee, instantly eastern of the Cairngorm Mountains. Positioned at an altitude of 213 m (700 ft), Ballater is a centre for hikers and also understood for its spring water, once claimed to cure scrofula. It is home to more than 1500 residents. The middle ages pattern of advancement along this reach of the River Dee was affected by the ancient trackways throughout the Grampian Mounth, which established calculated areas of castles and other Deeside settlements of the Middle Ages. In the very early 14th century, the location belonged to the estates of the Knights of St John, yet the negotiation did not develop until around 1770; initially as a health club turn to suit site visitors to the Pananich Mineral Well, after that later on upon the arrival of the railway in 1866 it was checked out by lots of travelers benefiting from the less complicated gain access to thus paid for. Ballater railway station was closed in 1966 however remains being used as a visitor centre with an exhibit videotaping the village's royal connection. Many buildings day from the Victorian era as well as the centre of the town is a conservation area. The old visitor centre was significantly harmed by fire in May 2015 but has actually subsequently been brought back as well as resumed.