Torphins

Torphins

Torphins Village Crossroads
Torphins
Torphins shown within Aberdeenshire
Population 1,483 (Census, 2011)
OS grid reference NJ6219
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district AB31
Dialling code 01339
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland

Torphins (/tɔːrˈfɪnz/ tawr-FINZ;[1] Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr Fionn) is a village in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland which lies about 22 miles west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980, about 7 miles north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of Scotland Railway.

With a population of around 1500 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 9-hole golf course located about a mile outside of Torphins.[2]

Public transport

The Stagecoach Bluebird 201 and 202 buses provide service to Aberdeen. There are other infrequent connections on the 413, and the Royal Mail PB74 postbus.

Sport

Torphins is home to the local amateur football team, Torphins AFC.[3] 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,[4] a lawn bowls club[5] and a seasonal curling rink.[6]

References

  1. ↑ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford UP, 1971), p. 149.
  2. ↑ "Torphins Golf Club". Torphins Golf Club. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Homepage | Torphins AFC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  4. ↑ "Torphins Tennis Club". Torphinstennisclub.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-01-22.


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