Altens

For other uses, see Alten (disambiguation).

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Altens is located in Aberdeen City council area
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Altens is located in Scotland
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57°06′48″N 2°04′58″W / 57.113378°N 2.082787°W / 57.113378; -2.082787

Altens is a district in Aberdeen, on the north-east coast of Scotland.[1][2]

Altens is home to a large industrial estate, alongside a similar estate in neighbouring Tullos. The industrial estates have offices. These included, until 2024 a large facility built for Royal Dutch Shell,[3] as well as industrial units of various sizes, including the Royal Mail's main mail centre for the North East of Scotland. There are also warehouses, car dealerships, and a civic amenity site.

The area is also home to one of three North East Scotland College campuses in Aberdeen City.

A grey-clad multi-storey college building with an industrial look.
Nescol's Altens Campus.

The industrial estate is home to Grampian Continental headquarters and a depot for RTH Lubbers UK. These two companies have depots in England and the Netherlands.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 38 Aberdeen (Inverurie & Pitmedden) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231289.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ Andonova, Denny (14 May 2024). "WATCH as Aberdeen's iconic Shell building faces the wrecking ball". Press and Journal. Retrieved 4 October 2024.