B9137

The B9137 is a pathetic little dead-end road in west Banffshire.

The B9137 looking towards the A95 junction

The route runs from a junction with the A95 just to the west of Bridge of Avon down to the Ballindalloch Distillery at Cragganmore. The road appears to terminate in the distillery car park, although in fact most of this is private estate roads, with the road actually terminating some way back at the small car park next to the former Ballindalloch railway station. Undoubtedly this station is the real reason why this route was classified sometime around 1930. The railway closed in 1965 and is now used for the Speyside Way long-distance footpath, making it surprising that the route has survived as a B road, almost unchanged. The station building still exists.

Reflecting the time when most mail came by train, Ballindalloch remains the postal address for Tomintoul and surrounding areas in the upper end of Banffshire, as this was their nearest railhead.