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Bankfoot

Coordinates: 56°30′04″N 3°30′58″W / 56.501°N 3.516°W

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Bankfoot
A view south along Bankfoot's Dunkeld Road
Bankfoot Location within Perth and Kinross
Population	1,240 (2022)^[1]
OS grid reference	NO067354
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PERTH
Postcode district	PH1
Dialling code	01738

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament	Perthshire North
List of places UK Scotland 56°30′04″N 3°30′58″W / 56.501°N 3.516°W / 56.501; -3.516

Bankfoot is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Perth and 7 miles (11 km) south of Dunkeld. Bankfoot had a population of 1,136 in 2001.^[2] In the 2011 Census the population of Bankfoot was 1,110 people with there being a slightly higher number of male residents (51.4%) than female residents (48.6%).^[3] It was found that 33% of Bankfoot residents were aged 60 or older.^[4]

Education

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The village has a primary school – Auchtergaven Primary School – which is named after the Church of Scotland parish of Auchtergaven, in which Bankfoot resides.^[6]

Public spaces

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The Bankfoot Church Centre opened in October 2008 to replace the nineteenth century church building which was destroyed by fire in February 2004. The building is used every day by many groups, fitting its tag line during the build "Bankfoot Church and Community Building Together".^[7]

Sport

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Football

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Bankfoot was home to the junior football club Bankfoot Athletic.

Other sports

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Bankfoot has a tennis club with two courts, a badminton club and a bowling club, which hosted the Caledonia Challenge Cup in August 2010.^[8]

Public transport

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Train

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Until 1931 Bankfoot had a railway station, Bankfoot railway station, which was on the branch line to and from Perth railway station.

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A bus service, started in the 1930s, of Stanley-based Allan & Scott, used to run the 5 miles (8 kilometres) between Stanley and Bankfoot twice a day on Sundays. The service was taken over in 1946 by A&C McLennan of Spittalfield. Permission to use double decker buses was granted in 1950. In 1952, the fare was 5⁠1/2⁠ shillings single and 10 shillings return, with gradual increases to 8 shillings single and one farthing return by 1963. By 1966, the service operated only on the first Sunday of each month. Service was withdrawn in 1967,^[9] although A&C McLennan was still in operation in 1969.^[10]

Notable residents

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Miles Briggs - MSP
Jessie Margaret King (1862–?), writer

References

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^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Browser Population". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012.
^ GROS. "Area Profiles | Census Data Explorer | Scotland's Census". www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ GROS. "Area Profiles | Census Data Explorer | Scotland's Census". www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ "Post office services to be restored at Bankfoot" - The Courier, 15 August 2011
^ http://www.auchtergaven.pkc.sch.uk/ (accessed on 21/06/08)
^ http://www.bankfootchurch.org.uk/ "The website of the Bankfoot Church Centre" (accessed on 24/01/2011)
^ "Bankfoot to host Caledonia Challenge Cup" - Perthshire Advertiser, 20 August 2010
^ The Courier, 2 April 2020, p. 28
^ "Scottish fare increases" - Commercial Motor, 17 October 1969

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