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44: 57: 417:, the river that gives the village its name and a housing development constructed in the 1990s at the southern end of the village was known for many years as "Bett Homes", named after the site developers. This area encompasses Admiralty Wood and MacKenzie Drive, the majority of houses in the latter being 'affordable homes'. Around the same time these houses were being built, a much smaller development in the Lochty area was built by the local construction firm, GS Brown. 541: 64: 178: 407:
and Lochty, and the wider area is sometimes called Almondvalley. There is one school serving the area, Pitcairn Primary, which opened in 1939 and replaced older schools. The school is located in the northernmost housing development of the village, sometimes referred to as Bridgeton, even although
371:(DARA) site at Almondbank was a major employer in the community for many years providing essential support to the British Armed Forces. The Decision by the UK government in early 2008 to take the site (and its counterpart at Fleetlands, 412:
and Lochty). Next to the school lies the only shop in the village and directly opposite this is the church, which is known as Almondbank/Tibbermore (St Serf's). Another area of the village is known as College Mill, which borders the
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Aircraft Repair Yard and Stores Depot. The workshops had their own small railway branch line which was linked to the now-closed
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was a controversial one and there were concerns about the future of the site. In 2011, Vector Aerospace was taken over by
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SE announced that they have finalized the acquisition by StandardAero of Vector Aerospace Holding SAS from Airbus.
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there is no signage in recognition of this and the area remains part of Almondbank itself (as opposed to
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The establishment of Royal Naval Aircraft Workshops commenced in 1940. The station, a
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The village of Almondbank is often seen as including the attached hamlets of
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Scottish Gaelic

Almondbank is located in Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross
OS grid reference
NO0626
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Post town
Dialling code
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK Parliament
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
UK
Scotland
56°25′16″N 3°31′01″W / 56.421°N 3.517°W / 56.421; -3.517
Perth and Kinross
Perth
Second World War
stone frigate

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