Kingswells is a suburb of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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, Scotland

Scotland

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, situated west of the city centre, east of Westhill, north of Cults and south of Dyce

Dyce

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Kingswells has existed as a village for centuries, but only in the 1980s did it expand greatly as a result of the boom in the oil

Oil

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 industry. It has few amenities given its relatively large size, with no secondary school

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 and a relative lack of shopping facilities, although it does have a primary school, convenience store

Convenience store

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and some other shopping facilities.