Bieldside is a

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to the west of

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City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of

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, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland. It has one pub/restaurant, The Bieldside, a foodstore, a hairdresser, a tea room and a charity shop. The Old Deeside railway line (now the

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) passes through Bieldside, and Queen Victoria would often stop at

Bieldside Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of Cults, Aberdeenshire, Cults, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland. It has one pub/restaurant, The Bieldside, a foodstore, a hairdresse ...

on her regular journeys between her summer retreat at Balmoral and the city centre. Bieldside is attributed as one of the wealthiest areas in Scotland, and is home to the most millionaires per postcode outside London. Its residents include former UK Open winner

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and

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Notable residents

Dalhebity House, Bieldside was the home of

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, and his daughter Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy was born here, later to become the maternal grandmother of

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. Bieldside has some of the richest people in the United Kingdom as residents, including the oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood,

, owner of a construction group and reported to be worth £400 million, and oil company directors Ian Suttie and Bob Keiller, who all occupy high places in the

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, worth over £50 million. Former

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was brought up in Bieldside. The Bieldside postcode area has the most millionaires outside London.

Prehistory

The Bieldside Cairn (OS Grid reference. NJ 883 028) is a large prehistoric burial cairn, now located within a housing estate.

Education

Bieldside houses many English and Americans in the oil profession. The majority of Bieldside children go to Cults Primary School, then on to

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or nearby

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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 and in recent history has never dropped out of the top three schools in Scotland.

Disability Centres

There are two Camphill Communities at Bieldside, Newton Dee Village and a set of Camphill

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known as Murtle Estate for 3 to 19 year olds, providing ''Curative Education'' for those with learning disabilities, including deprivation and

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. Another Camphill school ( Camphill Estate) is in nearby

Milltimber Milltimber is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen city centre. From 1854 to 1937 the area was served by Milltimber railway station on the Aberdeen suburban railway. Along with the nearby settlements of Cults and Bieldsid ...

References

External links

Cults, Bieldside and Milltimber Community CouncilCamphill Community
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