Coaltown of Balgonie
in Fife of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Leeds Bradford Airport (3.723 mi) - Carlisle Airport (3.799 mi)
- Newcastle Airport (3.804 mi)
- Glasgow International Airport (3.868 mi)
- Edinburgh Airport (3.870 mi)
- RAF Leuchars (3.898 mi)
- Dundee Airport (3.904 mi)
- Perth/Scone Airport (3.904 mi)
- Aberdeen Dyce Airport (3.954 mi)
- RAF Kinloss (3.988 mi)
- New Lanark (Unesco heritage, 3.848 mi)
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (Unesco heritage, 3.869 mi)
- Lothianburn Golf Club (Golf course, 3.866 mi)
- Braid Hills No.1 Golf Club (Golf course, 3.867 mi)
- Craigmillar Park Golf Course (Golf course, 3.868 mi)
- Duddingston Golf Club (Golf course, 3.869 mi)
- Bruntsfield Links (Golf course, 3.870 mi)
- Kilspindie Golf Club (Golf course, 3.873 mi)
- Gullane Golf Club (Golf course, 3.875 mi)
- Canmore Golf Club (Golf course, 3.880 mi)
- Dunnikier Park Golf Club (Golf course, 3.882 mi)
- Camperdown Golf Course (Golf course, 3.907 mi)
- Edinburgh Zoo (zoo, (3.869 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 01:12 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:54 am and 8:01 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.883 and 170.633 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pukehiki - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
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The district Coaltown of Balgonie of in Fife (Scotland) with it's 1,040 inhabitants Coaltown of Balgonie is located in United Kingdom about 345 mi north of London, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 45 °F
| Morning Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Night Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 54% |
| Air Pressure | 1007 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 82% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
8°C (47 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
8°C (46 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
12°C (53 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Videos from this area
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Kirkcaldy 2 Glenrothes
Driving from Rejects in Kirkcaldy to ASDA then on to Glenrothes along the A92 Thornton Bypass. Converting the files from my Traveler DV5000 seems to speed everything up!
City Of St Andrews Pipe Band Scottish Highland Gathering Thornton Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of City Of St Andrews Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife. The Band was formed in 1972 and is based in St Andrews...
Glenrothes - Kirkcaldy via Thornton
Road trip - set at about twice the normal speed to keep it under the 10 minute limit.
Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes
Driving from Kirkcaldy Esplanade to Glenrothes along the A92 Thornton Bypass. Speeded up by 54% to keep it under 10 minutes.
Glenrothes & District Pipe Band Markinch 2012
Glenrothes & District Pipe Band practising their 1st 3 tunes and bit of slow-air of their medley at Markinch 2012. They were playing in the Grade 3 contest. Overall the band got 2nd. Also got...
PC-7 flying at Glenrothes Aeromodelling Club
Seagull PC-9 scaled to look like a US Navy PC-7. Irvine .53 with HItec reciever and gear.
Memories of Thornton Junction with Class 26 Power.
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Thornton Highland Games Dancing
Highland Dancing at Thornton Highland Games, Fife, Scotland. Tour Scotland Scotland Tour Guide: Sandy Stevenson.
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Fife & Lothians Cup 3rd Round, Memorial Park, Thornton.
Black Fives 44871 and 45407 passing Thornton (Fife) on 10 May 2014
Black Fives 44871 and 45407 passing through Thornton station (Fife) heading for Inverness with The Cathedrals Explorer on 10 May 2014. Very shaky camera-work I'm afraid, because I had to standing ...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Wemyss Castle
There is also a Castle Wemyss in North Ayrshire, Scotland; and a Castle Wemyss (sugar estate) in Jamaica. Wemyss Castle (pronounced) is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland.
Kirkcaldy High School
Kirkcaldy High School is a 6-year co-educational comprehensive state school in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency)
Glenrothes is a British Parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons. It was created for the 2005 general election. The seat is currently held by Lindsay Roy, of the Scottish Labour party. He held the seat in the 2010 general election, with a greatly increased margin.
Balfarg
Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex, and an adjacent residential area, in Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland.
River Leven, Fife
The River Leven (Scottish Gaelic: Lìobhann / Abhainn Lìobhann) is a river in Fife in Scotland. It flows from Loch Leven into the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven. The river is home to brown trout and hosts a run of sea trout and atlantic salmon. The estuary has bass and mullet. In previous centuries its water was used to power linen mills on its banks, particularly near Markinch, as well as three paper mills: Smith Anderson in Leslie, and Tullis Russell and John Dixon of Markinch.
Collydean
Collydean is a precinct or neighbourhood in Glenrothes, Fife. Collydean has been built up in a number of phases. Early housing has been built into staggered terraces with distinct mono pitched roofs. Collydean has been built with Radburn principles with its public footpaths separated from roads. Amenities in the area include playparks, Collydean Granary Baptist Church, a community centre and a Primary School.
Pitcairn House
Pitcairn House is a ruined 17th century laird's house, located in the modern Collydean residential area of Glenrothes, in Fife, Scotland. The ruins are approximately 15 x 5.5m, with the east gable rising to 6m. The rest of the building has collapsed to the foundations. It is thought that the building was up to three storeys high. The site was excavated by archaeologists in 1980. A number of finds are now in the Kirkcaldy Museum.
Freuchie
Freuchie is a village in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills, and near Falkland. The nearest major town is Glenrothes located 4 miles to the south. The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic, fraoch, meaning heather. This Fife village is not to be confused with the old location of the same name in Morayshire (now in the Highland Council Area) upon which the new town of Grantown was built in the 18th century.
Fife Ice Arena
Fife Ice Arena (originally known as Kirkcaldy Ice Rink) opened in 1938. Kirkcaldy Ice Rink was designed by architects Williamson & Hubbard. Fife Ice Arena is the home venue of the oldest Ice Hockey team in the UK - the Fife Flyers. It is also a venue for public skating, figure skating, speed skating, curling and ice shows. The arena has also hosted concerts, boxing, wrestling, motorcycle ice speedway and other events such as dog shows.
Kingdom FM
Kingdom FM is the dedicated Adult Contemporary radio station for Fife, Scotland. Kingdom FM broadcasts from its studios in Markinch on five frequencies across Fife, 95.2fm in West Fife, 96.1 in Central Fife, 105.4fm in St Andrews, 106.3fm in the East Neuk and 96.6fm in Kirkcaldy and on the web from www. kingdomfm. co. uk. Kingdom FM started broadcasting on the 5th October 1998.
Pitcoudie
Pitcoudie is a housing area in North Glenrothes in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland - comprising 396 terraced and semi-detached houses. Traditionally, a pitcoudie was a donkey, mule or work-horse which ferried coal and slag from the coal mines - spending most of its life underground. The area of Pitcoudie today exists on what was once an extensive range of mining-shafts and pits.
Star, Fife
Star (also known as Star of Markinch) is a small village in Fife, Scotland. The name star derives from the old Norse word - starr- for the type of grass that grows on boggy land. The area of land around the village has been and continues to be boggy with Star Moss, a raised bog to the north west of the village draining out to land to the north of the village. East of the village are two reservoirs, taking advantage of the already wet conditions.
East Wemyss
East Wemyss is a village situated on the south coast of the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 the population was recorded as 1841.
Harbourmaster's House, Dysart
The Harbourmaster's House is a B-listed 18th-century building located by Dysart Harbour, near Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland. It houses the first coastal centre in Fife, which was opened by Gordon Brown in 2006. It is run by Fife Coast and Countryside Trust, whose headquarters are in the building.
Pathhead
For the village in Midlothian see Pathhead, Midlothian. Pathhead is an area of Kirkcaldy, in Fife, Scotland. Formerly an independent village, Pathhead was incorporated into the Royal burgh of Kirkcaldy. In Jan Blaeu's map of Scotland from the 17th century reference is made to the village of Peth-heed, present day Pathhead. With the Firth of Forth to the south, Kirkcaldy to the 'west', Dysart to the east, and Gallatown, Sinclairtown and Dunnikier to the north.
Milton of Balgonie Primary School
Milton of Balgonie's is a primary school in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. Its original building was opened in 1823 with subsequent additions and extensions added in 1880,1924 & 1962. The school is situated off the bypass between Windygates and Glenrothes. The school's accommodation comprises one very large classroom where P1- P4 are taught and another classroom which accommodates P5 - P7. The original 1823 classroom now doubles as our hall and dining hall. The school playground is all-tarmac.
Thornton, Fife
Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, and stands between the River Ore and Lochty Burn, which are at opposite ends of the main street.
Kingdom Shopping Centre
The Kingdom Centre is the main shopping destination in Glenrothes, located in the town centre. It is the largest indoor shopping centre in Fife and is one of the largest single-level indoor shopping centres in Scotland with around 40,000 sq m (430,000 sq ft) of (gross) floorspace. The centre has some of the highest levels of footfall in Fife and currently contains over 100 shop units as well as a variety of cafes, the town's central library and the Rothes Halls- the town's theatre/civic centre.
Milton of Balgonie
Milton of Balgonie is a small village in central Fife, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles to the east of Glenrothes between the nearby villages of Markinch and Coaltown of Balgonie to the west and Windygates to the east. Nearby attractions include Balgonie Castle which is situated between Milton and Coaltown. The ruins of Milton house remain within the woodland of this village where Mary, Queen of Scots sometimes resided.
Victoria Hospital (Kirkcaldy)
Victoria Hospital is a large hospital situated to the north of the town centre in Kirkcaldy, in Fife, Scotland. As one of two main hospitals in Fife, this serves both the town and surrounding Mid-Fife area. The Victoria has been run by Fife Acute Hospital NHS trust since 1999, formerly the Kirkcaldy Acute Hospital trust. Construction of the hospital began in 1955, surrounding the site of the sanatorium and fever hospital, completed between 1899 and 1910.
Ravenscraig Castle
Ravenscraig Castle is a ruined castle located in Kirkcaldy which dates from around 1460. The castle is an early example of artillery defence in Scotland. Now managed by Historic Scotland and protected by Scheduled Ancient Monument this has been recognised as a category A listed building.
West Wemyss
West Wemyss is a village lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2007 population estimate, the village has a population of 237. The village was granted burgh of barony status in 1511, bearing the name from the Wemyss family who lived in Wemyss Castle.
Coaltown of Wemyss
The Coaltown of Wemyss is the closest village to Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland. "The Coaltown" has a primary school, some small shops, the Earl David Hotel, named after David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and cottages originally built for mineworkers. Close to the village are now-unworked deep coal mine workings. There is a gateway leading towards Wemyss Castle. Wemyss Castle is not open to the public but Wemyss Castle Gardens are open 1 April to 31 July.
Balcurvie
Balcurvie is a Scottish rural hamlet located between Leven and Windygates in the Levenmouth area of Fife.
Glenrothes High School
Glenrothes High School is a six-year non-denominational secondary school of approximately 860 pupils located in Glenrothes, Fife. The school serves the western/central and northern precincts of Glenrothes drawing primarily from four feeder Primary Schools; Caskieberran, Pitcoudie, Rimbleton and South Parks schools. The school also accepts a number of placing requests from other parts in the town.
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