Cults
Location
OS grid reference:	NJ894031
Statistics
Population:	3,500+ (2005)
Administration
Council area:	City of Aberdeen
Constituent country:	Scotland
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Police force:	Grampian Police
Lieutenancy area:	Aberdeen
Former county:	Grampian
Post office and telephone
Post town:	CULTS
Postal district:	AB15
Dialling code:	01224
Politics
Scottish Parliament:	Aberdeen South North East Scotland
UK Parliament:	Aberdeen South
European Parliament:	Scotland

Map sources for Cults at grid reference NJ894031

Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. It lies on the banks of the River Dee and marks the beginning of the area known as Royal Deeside. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as Council Areas which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as Councils. They have been in use since April 1, 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. ... Aberdeen City Council represents the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland. ... Constituent countries is a phrase sometimes used, usually by official institutions, in contexts in which a number of countries make up a larger entity or grouping; thus the OECD has used the phrase in reference to the former Yugoslavia (example here) and European institutions such as the Council of Europe... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... There are a number of policing agencies in the United Kingdom. ... Grampian Police are a police force in north east of Scotland, covering the borough of the City of Aberdeen and the counties of Aberdeenshire and Moray. ... The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lords-lieutenant, the monarchs representatives, in Scotland. ... Aberdeen, often called The Granite City, is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of approximately 202,370[1]. Aberdeen is the chief commercial centre and seaport in the north-east of Scotland. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Grampian (Roinn a Mhonaidh in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom, sorted by the postal area (the first part of the outward code of a postcode). ... This is a list of the post towns of the United Kingdom sorted in postcode sequence. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional member MSPs. ... Aberdeen South is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament. ... North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. ... Scotland is divided into 59 constituencies of the United Kingdom Parliament - 19 Burgh constituencies and 40 County constituencies. ... Aberdeen South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name. ... Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Aberdeen, often called The Granite City, is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of approximately 202,370[1]. Aberdeen is the chief commercial centre and seaport in the north-east of Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... River Dee near Braemar The Linn of Dee, small gorge near Braemar The River Dee is a 90 mile (140 km) long river, that rises in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and flows into the North Sea at Aberdeen. ... River Dee near Braemar The River Dee is a 90 mile (140 km) long river, which rises in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and flows to the North Sea. ...

Cults is known for its historic granite housing, and is a predominantly wealthy area of the city. It sits approximately 6 miles from the coast of the North Sea. Cults maintains village status, with many of the societial structures found in a country village, despite its proximity to the west of the City of Aberdeen. The name is a corruption of Coilltean, a Scottish Gaelic word for "Woods". Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ...

Originally, Cults had two railway stations on the Royal Deeside Railway Line before the line was closed in the middle of the 20th century. The route has since been converted into a cycle path which leads to Duthie Park in Aberdeen in one direction and further into Deeside in the other, running alongside Cults' public park, Allan Park. Cults was also on a tram route between Aberdeen and Bieldside, operated by the Aberdeen Suburban Tramways Company until 1927. Today, public transport to Aberdeen takes the form of buses. Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen, Scotland. ...

Together with the adjoining village of Bieldside, Cults is known as a largely wealthy area; it has been recognised as the second wealthiest area in Scotland in recent surveys. ^[1] Cults was once home to Sir Alex Ferguson, who was the manager of Aberdeen F.C. at the time. Sir Alex Ferguson (born Alexander Chapman Ferguson, December 31, 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager, currently managing Manchester United F.C.. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and been in charge of Manchester United for over 1000 matches. ... Aberdeen Football Club is a football team from Scotland, who compete in the Scottish Premier League. ...

Cults is served by a variety of small shops, church buildings and hotel/eatery facilities, mostly situated in the village centre. There are four main schools in the village: the state-run Cults Primary School and Cults Academy (one of Scotland's top-performing secondary schools), and the independent Waldorf School. The village is also only a short drive from the International School of Aberdeen (ISA) in Milltimber and a complex of Waldorf/Steiner Camphill schools in Bieldside. State school is an expression used in the United Kingdom and other countries apart from the United States to distinguish schools provided by the government from public schools which are in fact private institutions. ... Waldorf Schools (also known as Steiner schools) state as their mission educating the whole child, with a strong emphasis on balancing the childs natural stages of development with creativity and academic excellence. ... Milltimber is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen, Scotland. ... The Camphill Movement is an international movement of therapeutic intentional communities for those with special needs or disabilities. ...

Other key places in Cults are the Kelly of Cults supermarket, a local family-run grocer and bakery which dates back over 100 years, the golf-themed Cults Hotel (alongside the Chip Inn takeaway), the Deeside Golf Club (shared with Bieldside) and the Inchgarth Reservoir. Cults is also home to the Cults Parish Church, which was formed by the merger of the Cults East and Cults West parishes, with the former's buildings now housing an outreach centre. Cults was also once home to the Stakis-owned Royal Darroch Hotel which exploded on an October morning in 1983 due to gas build up, killing 6 staff and guests. Stakis Hotels was a former hotel company in the United Kingdom led by Sir Reo Stakis. ...

References

1. ^ CACI "Wealth of the nation" report

External links

• Cults, Bieldside and Milltimber Community Council
• Images of parts of Cults
• Further images of parts of Cults
• CACI Wealth of the Nation Survey 2005
• Cults Academy Online
• Cults Primary Online
• The Cults Hotel
• Map sources for Cults