Blackburn is a rapidly growing village northwest of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is situated in Aberdeenshire. Local amenities include an industrial estate, primary school, nursing home, post office, Starbucks Drive Thru, local Co-op and a community hall.

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Blackburn Scots: An Dubh Allt
View of Blackburn from the south of the village.
Location within Aberdeenshire Location near the Aberdeen City council area
Population	3,050 (mid-2020 est.)[1]
OS grid reference	NJ826127
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Aberdeen
Postcode district	AB21
Dialling code	01224 79
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West
List of places UK Scotland 57.205283°N 2.288903°W / 57.205283; -2.288903

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Blackburn is part of the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine county constituency for UK Parliament elections.

For Scottish elections Blackburn is part of the Aberdeenshire West constituency and part of the North East Scotland electoral region.

Blackburn is within the East Garioch ward which forms part of the Garioch administrative area of Aberdeenshire Council.

Fintray and Kinellar Community Council represents the views of residents to Aberdeenshire Council and other public bodies.

Located 8.5 miles (14km) WNW of Aberdeen and 92 miles (150km) NNE of Edinburgh, Blackburn is a village just north of Backhill Wood where small streams form and join into Black burn from which the village takes its name. The burn runs north to join the River Don.

Blackburn Industrial Estate is located at the south end of the village adjacent to the A96.

Kinellar Community Hall was opened by The Princess Royal^{[citation needed]} on 2 March 2005. It is used for sports, birthday parties and social events.^[2]

Kinellar Parish Church, located just north of the village, is no longer in use.^[3]

Blackburn AFC, formed in 1947, is an Aberdeenshire AFA Division Two (East) team.

Blackburn has one school, Kinellar Primary School, which provides primary education for local pupils. Pupils travel by bus to neighbouring Kemnay and attend Kemnay Academy for secondary education.

On New Year's Day 2016, there was a fire at Kinellar School, reported to police at around 2.15am. Significant damage was caused to nursery and P1 classes. A 16 year old was arrested and charged in relation to the fire.^[4] The old school was demolished, and a new £12 million school was built on its site. It includes a nursery, games area, community park and additional car parking.^[5]