Blackburn is a rapidly growing village northwest of

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. Local amenities include an

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, primary school, nursing home, post office, Starbucks Drive Thru, local

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and a community hall which was publicly opened by

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on 2 March 2005.

History

Governance

Blackburn is part of the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine county constituency for UK Parliament elections. For Scottish elections Blackburn is part of the Aberdeenshire West constituency and part of the North East Scotland electoral region. Blackburn is within the East Garioch ward which forms part of the

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administrative area of Aberdeenshire Council. Fintray and Kinellar Community Council represents the views of residents to Aberdeenshire Council and other public bodies.

Geography

Located 8.5 miles (14km) WNW of Aberdeen and 92 miles (150km) NNE of Edinburgh, Blackburn is a village just north of Backhill Wood where small streams form and join into Black burn where the village takes its name. The burn runs north to join the River Don.

Economy

Blackburn Industrial Estate is located at the south end of the village adjacent to the A96.

Culture and community

Kinellar Community Hall

Kinellar Community Hall was opened on the 2nd of March 2005. It is used for sports, birthday parties and social events.

Sport

Blackburn AFC formed in 1947 and are a Aberdeenshire AFA Division Two (East) team.

Education

Blackburn has one school, Kinellar Primary School, which provides primary education for local pupils. Pupils travel by bus to neighbouring

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and attend

Kemnay Academy Kemnay Academy is a secondary school in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, situated on the banks of the River Don. It is one of seventeen secondary schools run by Aberdeenshire Council and has roughly 820 pupils. The current rector is Lizbeth Paul, who too ...

for secondary education. On New Year's Day 2016, there was a fire at Kinellar School, reported to police at around 2.15am. Significant damage was caused to nursery and P1 classes. A 16 year old was arrested and charged in relation to the fire. The old school was demolished, and a new £12 million school was built on its site. It includes a nursery, games area, community park and additional car parking.

Religious sites

Kinellar Parish Church is located just north of the village but is no longer in use.

References

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