Tullos
Area of Aberdeen, Scotland
title: "Tullos" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["areas-of-aberdeen"] description: "Area of Aberdeen, Scotland" topic_path: "general/areas-of-aberdeen" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullos" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Area of Aberdeen, Scotland ::
::data[format=table title="infobox UK place|"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| static_image | Shell Offices at Tullos - geograph.org.uk - 101211.jpg |
| static_image_caption | The Shell offices, Tullos (demolished in 2024) |
| coordinates | |
| official_name | Tullos |
| gaelic_name | Tulach |
| pushpin_map | Scotland Aberdeen |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within the Aberdeen City council area |
| unitary_scotland | Aberdeen City |
| lieutenancy_scotland | Aberdeen |
| postcode_area | AB |
| :: |
|country = Scotland |static_image= Shell Offices at Tullos - geograph.org.uk - 101211.jpg |static_image_caption=The Shell offices, Tullos (demolished in 2024) |coordinates = |official_name= Tullos |gaelic_name= Tulach |population = | pushpin_map = Scotland Aberdeen | pushpin_map_caption = Location within the Aberdeen City council area |shire_district= | unitary_scotland = Aberdeen City | lieutenancy_scotland = Aberdeen |historic_county = |post_town= |postcode_district = |postcode_area=AB |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= Tullos is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. The area takes its name from the Vale of Tullos, which lies between Tullos Hill and Torry Hill. Tullos derived its name from a corruption of the Gaelic ‘Tulach’ meaning a hill.
In this extract from the "Book of St. Fittick", published in 1902, Dr. Thomas White Ogilvie describes what the scene looked like in his day. ::quote
"It is full of quiet charm, this little glen, with its Kirk on the height and its Kirk in the hollow, extending from the great gap in the cliff, which forms the Bay, up to the river, where, with majestic bend, it sweeps glittering and gurgling by Allenvale and Duthie Park, sweetest of resting places for the quick and the dead." ::
The scene is very different today. In 1850 the Caledonian, Great North of Scotland and North British Railways began to provide rail links to Aberdeen. The main line cut through the Vale of Tullos. The area south of the railway line is full of car showrooms, oil yards and waste recycling plants. Northwards, a vast area of densely packed housing covers the hillside.
Tullos is now home to the headquarters of Northsound Radio and STV North (formerly Grampian Television).
Tullos Hill is the location of four Bronze Age burial cairns, including Tullos Cairn.
Education
Tullos has a primary school. A Cruyff Court, the second in Aberdeen, was opened in 2019. The court is named Neale Cooper.
References
References
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10598438 bbc.co.uk]
- Proctor, David. (2019-11-07). "Date set for official opening of Aberdeen's second Cruyff Court".
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::