Tradespeople in Altens, Aberdeen

About Altens

Altens sits on Aberdeen's southern flank, best known as one of the city's principal industrial and business parks. The Altens Industrial Estate forms a major employment hub serving the energy sector.

While predominantly commercial, Altens also includes pockets of residential development. The area has grown significantly since the 1980s.

The retail parks along Wellington Road provide shopping and dining options. Trade suppliers based in the industrial estate make it a useful destination for tradespeople sourcing materials.

Wellington Road and the A956 provide direct connections to the city centre, the harbour, and the A90 trunk road south.

Nearby: Cove Bay, Kincorth, Torry

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About Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third-largest city, built where the rivers Dee and Don meet the North Sea on the north-east coast. Known as the Granite City for the distinctive silvery stone used in much of its architecture, Aberdeen has a visual character unlike any other Scottish city — handsome, austere, and striking in its uniformity.

The city has been shaped by successive waves of industry: fishing and shipbuilding gave way to textiles and paper-making, and from the 1970s the discovery of North Sea oil transformed Aberdeen into the energy capital of Europe. The oil industry brought international investment, a cosmopolitan population, and decades of prosperity.

Union Street, the mile-long granite backbone of the city centre, connects the historic Castlegate to the west end, while the waterfront has been reimagined with new developments along the harbour and beach. The city has two universities — the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, and Robert Gordon University — and a large teaching hospital at Foresterhill.

Aberdeen's neighbourhoods are diverse: the leafy western suburbs of Cults, Milltimber, and Bieldside along the Dee; the northern suburbs of Bridge of Don and Dyce near the airport; the inner-city character of Rosemount and Old Aberdeen; and the south-side communities of Torry and Kincorth.

Transport connections include Aberdeen International Airport at Dyce, a main-line railway station with services to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, and London, and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route which has transformed road access around the city.

Nearby: Aberdeenshire