Our Homes

Aberdeen

About Aberdeen

Scotland's third city, Aberdeen is situated between the mouths of the River Dee and the River Don where they flow into the North Sea. Better known throughout Scotland as The Granite City, much of Aberdeen was built using silver grey granite from Rubislaw Quarry which glitters attractively on a sunny day.  Aberdeen was already a prosperous trading, shipbuilding and fishing port for centuries before the discovery of oil in the North Sea in the 1970's helped to fuel its booming economy. The city's unemployment rate is among the lowest in the country.

With busy shopping malls, a wide range of entertainment and leisure facilities, and also a vibrant arts scene, Aberdeen is a major retail, leisure and cultural centre. First class road, rail, sea and air communications (London is only an hour's plane journey away) ensure that the city, although northerly, is not isolated.

Home to two universities, a further education college and a range of
schools and learning centres, Aberdeen retains consistently high standards of education and development.

The city's Common Good Fund was developed from funds awarded by Robert the Bruce after the townspeople supported him at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.  The fund was to be spent on town amenities, as it still is today, and finances the colourful floral displays that have earned the city numerous awards.

Langstane Housing Association is based in Aberdeen and by building and refurbishing over 1,000 properties for rent, has contributed to the regeneration of sustainable communities in the following areas of the city:

Central, Holburn, Torry, Seaton, Woodside, Old Aberdeen and Bucksburn.