Torphins
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Torphins 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 2000 it is one of the larger villages in Deeside, but it is not as big as Aboyne or Ballater.
[edit] Amenities
The village has many facilities including a small primary school, large park with play area, A car dealer, two tennis courts, a bowling green, a curling rink, a doctors surgery and a variety of shops including a butcher, a baker, a hairdressers, a furniture maker, a Co-operative grocer and a chemist. There is a Church of Scotland church, which is part of 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 is also home to a War Memorial Maternity Hospital. As a result, many notable people from Deeside have been born in Torphins.
There is a 9 hole golf course about a mile out of Torphins.
[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.
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