Blackburn
Blackburn is a village northwest of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is situated in Aberdeenshire. Local amenities include an industrial estate, primary school, nursing home, local Co-op and a community hall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,990 residents
- Description: town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Blackburn, Aberdeenshire” and “Kinellar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tyrebagger stone circle.
Tyrebagger stone circle
Archaeological site
Tyrebagger stone circle is located at Dyce, near to Aberdeen in Scotland. It is a complete recumbent stone circle. It was used as a cattle pound in the past and now stands close to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. It is a scheduled monument since 1925. Tyrebagger stone circle is situated 2 miles east of Blackburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hatton of Fintray and Kintore.
Hatton of Fintray
Village
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Hatton of Fintray, commonly referred to as Fintray, is a village on the River Don in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the parish of Fintray. It was a textile village and its church dates from 1821, and there used to be a nearby ferry crossing the river. Hatton of Fintray is situated 2 miles northeast of Blackburn.
Kintore
Town
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Kintore is a town and former royal burgh near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, now bypassed by the A96 road between Aberdeen and Inverness. It is situated on the banks of the River Don. Kintore is situated 3 miles northwest of Blackburn.
Skene
Village
Photo: Andrew Tryon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skene is a small farming community in North East Scotland some 6 mi west of Aberdeen. The two traditional villages are Kirkton of Skene and Lyne of Skene. Skene is situated 3½ miles southwest of Blackburn.
Blackburn
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.20845° or 57° 12′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.28997° or 2° 17′ 24″ westPopulation
2,990Elevation
262 feet (80 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BA5Open location code
9C9V6P56+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 5320956394OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Blackburn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Blackburn”
- Basque: “Blackburn”
- Cebuano: “Blackburn”
- Chinese: “布莱克本”
- Dutch: “Blackburn”
- French: “Blackburn”
- German: “Blackburn”
- Japanese: “ブラックバーン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blackburn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blackburn i Aberdeenshire”
- Norwegian: “Blackburn”
- Persian: “بلکبرن، آبردینشر”
- Scots: “Blackburn, Aiberdeenshire”
- Scots: “Blackburn”
- Spanish: “Blackburn”
- Swedish: “Blackburn, Aberdeenshire”
- Swedish: “Blackburn”
- Welsh: “Blackburn, Swydd Aberdeen”
- Welsh: “Blackburn”
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Localities in the Area
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