Mintlaw

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Mintlaw

Coordinates: 57.526887° N 1.99165° W
Population	2,647 (2001)
OS grid reference	NK0048
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERDEEN
Postcode district	AB42
Dial code	01771 (Maud)
Vehicle code	SU-SW (Aberdeen)
Police	Grampian
Fire	Grampian
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Banff and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Banff and Buchan
European Parliament	Scotland
Website: aberdeenshire.gov.uk
List of places: UK • Scotland

Mintlaw (literally meaning a smooth, flat place) is a small town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and is geographically a route centre. The 2001 UK census records a population of 2,647 people.^[1]

As the largest settlement within 10 miles in each direction and with the towns size it can support a number of convince stores, a butcher, chemist and a petrol station plus local amenities such as a police station, library, dental surgery and group doctors practice.

The town is most famous for its fish and chip shop Zanres which has won the British Fish and Chip shop of the year competition as a takeaway but has since turned into a restarant[1]. There are three main pubs; two, the Garret and the Pitfour (also a bed and breakfast) are located at the square, and the Shak which is located behind Zanres. The Country Park Inn is a bed and breakfast with a pub, childs play area, Harry Hippos and a restaurant.

The Happy Plant Centre is a large garden centre that is famous in the local area, it recently has expanded and now has a small cafe. It is beside a football pitch.

The nearby Aden Country Park is open to the public and contains a ruined mansion house, agricultural museum and forest walks. Aden Park can be accessed by station road or Netheraden Road.

1 History
2 Schools
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

Victorian times saw the coming of the railway, the Maud to Peterhead line being built in the 1860s. Mintlaw was a scheduled stop on this line. The station was built a little to the west of the village; perhaps because this was more convenient for the Ferguson family of Pitfour and the Russell family of Aden. More affluent homes were built on Station Road to house business and professional people. The Post Office moved to be closer to the railway and became a Crown Office. Mintlaw Station was the postal address for this whole district for many years. The Crown Post Office was combined with that in Peterhead with the closure of our railway in the 1960s, and the village post office moved back to South Street. Telephone numbers too were Mintlaw Station until the early 1970s when the word Station was dropped.

[edit] Schools

Mintlaw has two primary schools, Mintlaw Primary School [2] and Pitfour Primary School [3].

It has a large secondary school, Mintlaw Academy which takes pupils from the town itself and the surrounding area. Mintlaw Academy is situated on Station Road.