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Aberdeen Leasing

Did You Know?

Aberdeen is often referred to as the Granite City, because more than half of its buildings are built from Aberdeen’s Rubislaw Quarry granite. Until its decline in the mid-20th century, the quarry exported granite all over Britain.

The Aberdeen area has the largest number of whiskey distilleries of any whisky producing area in Scotland. Many of the 17 distilleries are open to visitors.

Famous Aberdonians include: architect Archibald Simpson, footballer Denis Law, golfer Paul Lawrie and singers Emeli Sande and Annie Lennox.

During the 1800s, Aberdeen was a global powerhouse in the production of envelopes. Self-sealing envelopes were first developed here before anywhere else

Controversial US president Donald Trump fell in love with Aberdeenshire’s coastline and landscape so much that he built a Golf Links and Hotel in Aberdeen. Trump’s mother’s was born in Scotland.

Cairngorms National Park near Aberdeen has five of the UK’s six highest mountains. The park is twice the size of the Lake District and features huge forests, waterfalls and abundant wildlife.

Aberdeen is home to Scotland's oldest daily newspaper, The Press and Journal. Originally called the Aberdeen Journal, it launched way back in 1747. Scots poet William Forsyth is just one of many notable figures who has sat in the editor's chair over the years.

Sir Winston Churchill, recently voted the Greatest Briton of all time, was granted the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen in 1946.

The Brig o’Balgowne near Seaton Park is Aberdeen’s and Scotland’s oldest bridge. Construction started in the late 13th century and was competed in 1320.

Launched in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, the Thermopylae is widely regarded as the fastest sailing boat ever made. Its speed record of 63 days from the UK to Australia has never been bettered by another sailing vessel.

The Aberdeen Journal, one of the Press and Journal’s ancestors, is one of the oldest newspapers in Britain, first printed in 1748.