Bieldside
Bieldside | |
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Aberdeen City | |
Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | AB |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Bieldside is a
Bieldside is attributed as one of the wealthiest areas in Scotland, and is home to the most millionaires per postcode outside London.[2] Its residents include former UK Open winner Paul Lawrie and Stewart Milne.
Notable residents
Dalhebity House, Bieldside was the home of William Smith Gill, and his daughter Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy was born here, later to become the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Bieldside has some of the richest people in the United Kingdom as residents, including the oil billionaire
Former Deputy First Minister of Scotland Nicol Stephen was brought up in Bieldside.
The Bieldside postcode area has the most millionaires outside London.[2]
Prehistory
The Bieldside Cairn (OS Grid reference. NJ 883 028) is a large prehistoric burial cairn, now located within a housing estate.[3]
Education
Bieldside houses many English and Americans in the oil profession. The majority of Bieldside children go to Cults Primary School, then on to Cults Academy or nearby International School of Aberdeen or Private Schools in the city centre. Cults Academy pupils achieve extremely high Standard Grade and Higher exam results and in 2008 received The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award[4] and in recent history has never dropped out of the top three schools in Scotland.
Disability Centres
There are two
References
- ^ The Bieldside Referenced 8 November 2011
- ^ a b Julie Mccaffrey (22 July 2008). "Aberdeen: The city the credit crunch forgot". Mirror.co.uk News.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bieldside, cairn, Cults (SM3956)". Canmore. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Stuart MacDonald (9 November 2008). "'PC' council backs down on school award". London: The Sunday Times.