Townhill
Townhill is a small village that lies just north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the community is thought to be from the coal-mining industry. There is a Church of Scotland parish church, which shares a minister with nearby Kingseat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,220 residents
- Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Townhill, Fife”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East End Park and Queen Margaret Hospital.
East End Park
Stadium
Photo: Ian Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East End Park, currently named KDM Group East End Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium situated in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland with a seating capacity of 11,480.
Queen Margaret Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queen Margaret Hospital is a hospital located in the city of Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Fife.
Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station is a railway station in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 18+1⁄2 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wellwood and Kingseat.
Wellwood
Village
Wellwood is a small village to the north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was named after the Wellwoods who used to own coalmines in the area. It has a leisure centre and a golf course.
Kingseat
Village
Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in the mid 1800s.
Halbeath
Suburb
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halbeath is a village northeast of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It derives its name from the Gaelic choil beath, which means "wood of birches", and began as a colliery village.
Townhill
- Category: locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.0888° or 56° 5′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.43867° or 3° 26′ 19″ westPopulation
1,220Elevation
446 feet (136 metres)Open location code
9C8R3HQ6+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 29342431OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2635587Wikidata ID
Q7830119
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Townhill” goes by many names.
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