Blackburn, Aberdeenshire

Blackburn is a rapidly growing village northwest of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is situated in Aberdeenshire. Local amenities include an industrial estate, primary school, nursing home, post office, Starbucks Drive Thru, local Co-op and a community hall which was publicly opened by The Princess Royal on 2 March 2005.[2]

Blackburn

View of Blackburn from the south of the village.
Blackburn
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population3,050 (mid-2016 est.)[1]
OS grid referenceNJ826127
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAberdeen
Postcode districtAB21
Dialling code01224 79
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Governance

Blackburn is part of the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine county constituency for UK Parliament elections.

For Scottish elections Blackburn is part of the Aberdeenshire West constituency and part of the North East Scotland electoral region.

Blackburn is within the East Garioch ward which forms part of the Garioch administrative area of Aberdeenshire Council.

Fintray and Kinellar Community Council represents the views of residents to Aberdeenshire Council and other public bodies.

Geography

Located 8.5 miles (14km) WNW of Aberdeen and 92 miles (150km) NNE of Edinburgh, Blackburn is a village just north of Backhill Wood where small streams form and join into Black burn where the village takes its name. The burn runs north to join the River Don.

Economy

Blackburn Industrial Estate is located at the south end of the village adjacent to the A96.

Culture and community

Kinellar Community Hall

Kinellar Community Hall was opened on the 2nd of March 2005. It is used for sports, birthday parties and social events.[3]

Sport

Blackburn AFC formed in 1947 and are a Aberdeenshire AFA Division Two (East) team.

Education

Blackburn has one school, Kinellar Primary School, which provides primary education for local pupils. Pupils travel by bus to neighbouring Kemnay and attend Kemnay Academy for secondary education.

On New Year's Day 2016, there was a fire at Kinellar School, reported to police at around 2.15am. Significant damage was caused to nursery and P1 classes. A 16 year old was arrested and charged in relation to the fire.[4] The old school was demolished, and a new £12 million school was built on its site. It includes a nursery, games area, community park and additional car parking.[5]

Religious sites

Kinellar Parish Church is located just north of the village but is no longer in use.[6]

World renowned cheesecake technician Carly Pickard PhD hails from Blackburn. Her Cheesecake emporium which made her famous is located in Blackburn's industrial estate just off of the A96

References
  1. "Mid-2016 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. "Home". Kinellar Community Hall. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. Kinellar Community Hall
  4. "Boy charged over primary school fire". BBC News. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. Lindsay, Kali (10 June 2016). "£12m approved to build new North-east primary school after fire". Evening Express. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. "Kinellar Parish Church - Kinellar, Grampian - Places of Worship in Scotland | SCHR". www.scottishchurches.org.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2020.


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