Burrelton Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Burrelton
Os Grid Reference:NO199370
Coordinates:56.5182°N -3.3034°W
Population Ref:
Unitary Scotland:Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy Scotland:Perth and Kinross
Post Town:BLAIRGOWRIE
Postcode District:PH13
Postcode Area:PH
Civil Parish:Burrelton-Cargill
Dial Code:01828
Constituency Westminster:Perth and North Perthshire

Burrelton is a small village in Scotland about 120NaN0 outside Perth. It is joined onto another smaller village, Woodside. The population in 2001 was 621.[1]

Education

The village is home to a small primary school called Burrelton Primary School.[2] Pupils typically progress to one of the associated high schools, Perth Academy, or Blairgowie High School.[3]

Transportation

Woodside and Burrelton railway station was opened by the Caledonian Railway, on the former Scottish Midland Junction Railway, running between Perth and Arbroath. It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.[4]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Details of Burrelton . Scottish-places.info . 2002-02-20 . 2013-09-10.
  2. Web site: Burrelton Primary School . Burrelton.pkc.sch.uk . 2013-09-10.
  3. Web site: Burrelton Primary School . Perth & Kinross Council . 2017-02-10 . 2017-03-12.
  4. Butt (1995), page 254