Kittybrewster

This article is about the area of Aberdeen. For the trading estate in Blyth, see Blyth, Northumberland.

Kittybrewster
File:Aberdeen, 1 Great Northern Road, Northern Hotel.jpg The A-listed Northern Hotel
OS grid reference	NJ933074
Council area	Aberdeen City
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeen
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERDEEN
Postcode district	AB24, AB25
Dialling code	01224
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Aberdeen North
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeen Central

Kittybrewster is an area within Aberdeen, Scotland, north of the city centre and roughly southwest of Old Aberdeen.

Transport

File:Kittybrewster.jpg

Kittybrewster station & freight yards, before their closure in 1968

Within the area the A9012 road joins the A978 road; there are also several railway tracks, one of which follows the route of the Aberdeenshire Canal. The name Kittybrewster has been given to three railway stations over the years, including Aberdeen's original main railway station for routes to the north (on the Great North of Scotland Railway). All three stations are now gone, although the route north continues.

Facilities

File:Kittybrewster (1).jpg

Kittybrewster

The area now contains a small number of bars, the Kittybrewster and Woodside Bowling Club, Kittybrewster Primary School, two retail parks (on the sites of former railway yards), a council depot (on the site of one of the old and closed railway stations) and the moderne-styled Northern Hotel.

Notable people

• Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1912–92), born at Powis House, Kittybrewster, took the name as his territorial designation when he became a baronet in 1964.

See also

• Aberdeen Kittybrewster railway station
• Arbuthnot baronets

External links

• kittybrewster.com, a genealogical site