Auchterarder

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Coordinates: 56°17′35″N 3°42′22″W / 56.293167°N 3.706142°W / 56.293167; -3.706142

Auchterarder
Scottish Gaelic: Uachdar Àrdair
Auchterarder High Street in the sunshine: Star Hotel, Post Office and Town Hall
Auchterarder  Auchterarder shown within Perth and Kinross
Population	3,945 [1] (2001 census) est. 4,450[2] (2006),
OS grid reference	NN945125
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AUCHTERARDER
Postcode district	PH3
Dialling code	01764
Police	Tayside
Fire	Tayside
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament	Perth
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Auchterarder (Scottish Gaelic: Uachdar Ardair) is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel. The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "The Lang Toun" or Long Town.

In the Middle Ages, Auchterarder was known in Europe as 'the town of 100 drawbridges', a colourful description of the narrow bridges leading from the road level across wide gutters to the doorsteps of houses. Retreating Jacobites torched the town in 1716, but it quickly rose to prominence again thanks mainly to the handloom industry.

In 1834, a controversy over patronage in the selection of a parish minister was the first in a chain of events which would ultimately lead to the 1843 schism in the Church of Scotland. The remains of this church – the tower – have recently been renovated, and there is a plaque explaining what the church used to look like.^{[citation needed]}

The 31st G8 summit was held in the town in July 2005 at the five-star Gleneagles hotel. The neighbouring golf courses are world-renowned.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, it was revealed that Auchterarder had the two streets with the most expensive house prices in Scotland.^[3]

Amenities

Auchterarder has many businesses, most locally owned. The only four franchise^{[clarification needed]} businesses operating inside Auchterarder are The Co-operative Foodstore, Spar and Lloyds Pharmacy, as well as a Post Office.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

• Eve Graham, singer with The New Seekers, was born in Auchterarder^{[citation needed]}
• Stephen Hendry, seven-time world snooker champion, lives in Auchterarder^[4]
• James Kennaway, novelist, was born in Auchterarder^{[citation needed]}
• John Rutherford Gordon, sometime editor of the Sunday Express, who latterly wrote a column frequently praising the common-sense of the people of the town^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Auchterarder Community Website
• Visit Scotland - Auchterarder and The Ochils
• Auchterarder Golf Club
• Undiscovered Scotland - Auchterarder

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