Torphins

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Torphins (play /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]

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Coordinates: 57°6′18″N 2°37′22″W / 57.105°N 2.62278°W / 57.105; -2.62278

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