Longside is a village located in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. It lies seven miles inland from Peterhead

Peterhead

Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement , with a population of 17,947 at the 2001 Census and estimated to have fallen to 17,330 by 2006....

 and two miles from Mintlaw

Mintlaw

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 on the A950. Its population in 2001

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 was 721. The River Ugie flows through it

It has the local Longside Parish Church, Longside Primary School,Longside Golf Club and Longside FC, a junior football club.
The Longside golf club was opened in 1979 and extended to 18 holes in 1996. The village consists mainly of one single street.

History

There is considerable evidence of prehistory

Prehistory

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 in the nearby area, most notably in the form of the Catto Long Barrow

Catto Long Barrow

Catto Long Barrow is a prehistoric site in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is known locally as Cairn Catto. The extant monument extends for a length of 49 metres.-References:* United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map 1:50,000 scale, Landranger series...

 and numerous tumuli.

Queen

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played a concert in the village social club.

Longside was a station on the Buchan and Formartine railway line up until the service was terminated due to money cuts in the 1960s. The platform can still be seen situated adjacent to the golf course.

Local hero Shell Suit Bob is now in a relationship with local fatty and acne face wayne buchan. They hope to produce the villages first cross breed between a skeg head and a wee ned.