Kingswells

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Kingswells

Total population

4,781

Coordinates57.16°, -2.22°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kingswells is a village and suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated west of the city and to the east of Westhill which lies on the other side of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route bypass.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jock Garden

Australian politician (1882-1968)

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Scott Rennie

British minister

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Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy

British lady-in-waiting and baroness

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Benny Yorston

British association football player (1905-1977)

William Forbes Skene

Scottish historian (1809-1892)

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Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan

Scottish noble

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Amy Manson

Scottish actress

Andrew B. Davidson

British academic (1831-1902)

Archibald Bisset Smith

recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Bill Anderson

Scottish sportsman

Charles James William Grant

Scottish military officer (1861–1932); recipient of the Victoria Cross

Flora Garry

Scottish poet

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James Thompson

British civil servant and administrator (1848–1929)

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Piers Mackesy

British military historian (1924-2014)

Robert Marnock

British horticulturalist and garden designer (1800–1889)

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Roy Erskine

Scottish footballer and optician (born 1931)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Seen 2026-09-17

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-17

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-09-16

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-16

Jelly-antler

Calocera viscosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Great Tit

Parus major

Seen 2026-09-16

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Seen 2026-09-16

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers