Torphins
| Torphins Gaelic: Tòrr Fionn | |
| Aberdeenshire | |
|---|---|
 Torphins Village Crossroads | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NJ6219 |
| Location: | 57°6’18"N, 2°37’22"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,483 (2011) |
| Postcode: | AB31 |
| Dialling code: | 01339 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Aberdeenshire |
Torphins is a village in Aberdeenshire, part of Royal Deeside, which lies about 23 miles west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980 road, about seven miles north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of Scotland Railway.
With a population of around 1,500 it is one of the larger villages in Deeside, though it is not as large as Aboyne.
Amenities
The village has many facilities including a primary school (with about 250 pupils attending each year), a large park with play area, a car dealer, two tennis courts, a bowling green and a doctor's surgery. There are also a variety of shops in Torphins including a charity shop, a Scotmid store, a funeral directors, a Chinese takeaway and a chemist. There is a Church of Scotland church, which is part of the Mid Deeside United Churches alongside those in Kincardine O'Neil and Lumphanan. Torphins also has its own Town Hall - the Learney Hall. It also has a public house, the Learney Arms, which was originally part of a hotel. The hotel and pub was closed with plans to turn the building into a residential dwelling, despite local objection. The pub was later reopened but the hotel remains closed.
Torphins was home to a War Memorial Maternity Hospital. As a result, many notable people from Deeside have been born in Torphins. The building, however, has recently become a GP clinic, and no longer offers maternity facilities.
There is a nine-hole golf course located about a mile outside of Torphins.[1]
Sport
Torphins is home to the local amateur football team, Torphins AFC.[2] The football team has to play their home games at Kincardine O'Neil due to there not being enough room to set out a football pitch in the pleasure park due to erection of a zip slide. Torphins also has a tennis club,[3] a lawn bowls club[4] and a seasonal curling rink.[5]
References
- ↑ "Torphins Golf Club". Torphins Golf Club. http://www.torphinsgolfclub.co.uk/. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ↑ "Homepage | Torphins AFC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. 2015-11-03. http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/torphinsafc/. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ↑ "Torphins Tennis Club". Torphinstennisclub.wordpress.com. https://torphinstennisclub.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728120356/http://www.torphins.org/Bowling.asp. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728120440/http://www.torphins.org/curling.asp. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Torphins) |
- Torphins Community Website
- Torphins Community Council
- Torphins Primary School
- Torphins Golf Club
- Torphins AFC
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