Torphins

Torphins (/tɔːrˈfɪnz/ tawr-FINZ;[1] Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr Fionn) is a village in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland which lies about 22 miles (35 km) west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980, about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of Scotland Railway.

Not to be confused with Torphin.

Torphins
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr Fionn

Torphins Village Crossroads
Torphins
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population1,483 (Census, 2011)
OS grid referenceNJ6219
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBANCHORY
Postcode districtAB31
Dialling code01339
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

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.

Walkers Shortbread was founded by Joseph Walker at age 21 in 1898 at the former modest bakery on Craigour Road. He took out a loan of £50 from the bank to open the bakery which bloomed and is now an internationally renowned shortbread company.[2][3][4]

There is a 9-hole golf course located about a mile outside of Torphins.[5]

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. Torphins railway station on the Deeside Railway served the village from 1859 to 1966.

Sport

Torphins is home to the local amateur football team, Torphins AFC,[6] though the team play their home games in Kincardine O'Neil due to the limited size of Torphins' public park. Torphins also has a tennis club,[7] a lawn bowls club[8] and a seasonal curling rink.[9]

References
  1. G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford UP, 1971), p. 149.
  2. "About Walkers Shortbread". Walkers Shortbread. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. "Walkers Shortbread". Torphins Community. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. "Walkers Shortbread History". English Tea Store=2020-06-21.
  5. "Torphins Golf Club". Torphins Golf Club. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  6. "Homepage | Torphins AFC". Clubwebsite.co.uk. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  7. "Torphins Tennis Club". Torphinstennisclub.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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