Torphins
Torphins (
/tɔrˈfɪnz/ TOR-finz;[1] Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr Fionn) is a village in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, about 20 miles west of Aberdeen. It is on the A980 road, about 6 miles north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of Scotland Railway.
With a population of around 2000 it is one of the larger villages in Deeside, though it is not as large as Aboyne.
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[edit] Amenities
The village has many facilities including a small primary school, large park with play area, a car dealer, a golf course, two tennis courts, a bowling green, a doctors surgery and a variety of shops including a butcher, a bakery, a hairdresser, a furniture maker, a Co-operative grocer and a chemist. There is a Church of Scotland church, which is part of the Mid Deeside United Churches with Kincardine O'Neil and Lumphanan. Torphins has a hotel, the Learney Arms, and its own Town Hall.
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 9 hole golf course about a mile out of Torphins.[2]
[edit] Public transport
The 202 Stagecoach Bluebird bus provides service to Aberdeen . There are other infrequent connections on the 210, 413, and the Royal Mail PB74 postbus.
[edit] Sport
Torphins is home to the local amateur football team, Torphins AFC.[3] Torphins also has a tennis club[4], a lawn bowls club[5] and a curling rink.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford UP, 1971), p. 149.
- ^ http://www.torphinsgolfclub.co.uk/
- ^ http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/torphinsafc/
- ^ http://www.torphins.org/tennis.asp
- ^ http://www.torphins.org/Bowling.asp
- ^ http://www.torphins.org/curling.asp
[edit] External links
- Torphins Community Website
- Torphins Community Council
- Torphins Primary School
- Torphins Golf Club
- Torphins AFC
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