Tillydrone is an area of the

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, Scotland. Lying north of the city centre and slightly north-west of

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, it is roughly bounded by the River Don, St Machar Drive, and the main Aberdeen-Inverness

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line. The name is a corruption of the

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"Tulach Droighne", meaning a knoll with thorn trees growing on it. The name is somewhat older than the housing estate which essentially comprises the area. It is colloquially referred to as Tilly. The estate was built as council housing and includes

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s and terraced

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flats in addition to some low-rise terraced houses. As with most council housing stock in the United Kingdom, some of these properties have been purchased by their occupants. The proximity of the area to the

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results in some of the housing being rented to students. Tillydrone is considered to be an area of Aberdeen where poverty is commonplace and social class is low. The area has a number of shops and businesses including a pharmacy, a post office and an award winning butcher shop. There are also a school and care facilities for elderly people run by

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. There is a Church of Scotland parish church - Saint George's Tillydrone Church - and the church building is regularly used for community meetings and by community groups such as the Girls' Brigade and Tillydrone Vision. The Scottish charity, Men and Boys Eating and Exercise Disorders Service SC044378 is based in Aberdeen. Between the main part of Tillydrone and the River Don is an extensive area of open and wooded land, which leads into the city's

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. At the edge of this, alongside Tillydrone Road, is the Wallace Tower, a turreted townhouse typical of pre-

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Aberdeen architecture which was moved stone by stone from its original city-centre location at the time of the construction of a

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shop next to the St. Nicholas Shopping Centre. An Aberdeen City Council "blueprint" has earmarked the area for extensive redevelopment along with five other areas within Aberdeen. A new bridge was constructed and opened in June 2016 over the River Don connecting the Tillydrone area with Bridge of Don.

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