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Blackburn
Scots: *An Dubh Allt*
Blackburn Scots: An Dubh Allt;
	View of Blackburn from the south of the village.
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Aberdeenshire class=notpageimage\| Location near the Aberdeen City council area
Population	3,050 (2022)
OS grid reference	NJ826127
Council area	Aberdeenshire;
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Aberdeen
Postcode district	AB21
Dialling code	01224 79
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine;
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West;
	List of places UK Scotland 57°12′19″N 2°17′20″W / 57.205283°N 2.288903°W

Blackburn is a rapidly growing village northwest of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is situated in Aberdeenshire. Local amenities include an industrial estate, primary school, nursing home, Starbucks Drive Thru, local Co-op and a community hall (Kinellar Community Centre).

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 Garioch administrative area of Aberdeenshire Council.

Fintray and Kinellar Community Council has previously represented the views of residents to Aberdeenshire Council and other public bodies. However, it currently is without a formal community council.

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 from which 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 Centre was opened by The Princess Royal^{[citation needed]} on 2 March 2005. It is used for community groups, sports, birthday parties and social events.^[2]

Kinellar Parish Church, located just north of the village, is no longer in use.^[3]

Sport

Blackburn AFC, formed in 1947, is an 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 Kemnay and attend Kemnay Academy 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.^[4] 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.^[5]