Pittenweem

Pittenweem is a fishing village and civil parish in , on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Scottish Fisheries Museum and Kellie Castle.

Museum
The is a in , , that records the history of the Scottish fishing industry and its people from earliest times to the present day.

is a castle just outside and below the dominant hill in the area, Kellie Law. It is about 4 kilometres north of Pittenweem in the of , Scotland. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Pittenweem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anstruther and St Monans.

is a fishing village on the East Neuk of on the east coast of . With a population of almost 4,000, it's the largest of a series of villages along the coast: east through Crail to the tip of Fife, and west through Pittenweem and St Monans to Earlsferry, all covered on this page.

Village
, sometimes spelt St Monance, is a village and parish in the of and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately three miles west of , the small community, whose inhabitants used to make their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Path.

Village
is a village in the of , Scotland. The village is to the immediate east of and is to the south of . is situated 2 miles northeast of Pittenweem.

Pittenweem

Latitude
56.2134° or 56° 12′ 48″ north
Longitude
-2.72984° or 2° 43′ 47″ west
Population
1,490
Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PWM
Open location code
9C8V677C+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26347917
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640242
Wiki­data ID
Q1011685
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Pittenweem” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Pittenweem
  • Cebuano: Pittenweem
  • Chinese: 皮特溫
  • Chinese: 皮藤威姆
  • Czech: Pittenweem
  • Dutch: Pittenweem
  • French: Pittenweem
  • German: Pittenweem
  • Irish: Baile na h-Uaimh
  • Italian: Pittenweem
  • Japanese: ピッテンウィーム
  • Portuguese: Pittenweem
  • Russian: Питтенвим
  • Russian: Питтенуим
  • Scottish Gaelic: Baile na h-Uaimh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Peit na h-Uaimhe
  • Scottish Gaelic: Pittenweem
  • Slovenian: Pittenweem
  • Spanish: Pittenweem
  • Swedish: Pittenweem
  • Welsh: Pittenweem

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Funky Scottish and Pittenweem Post Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pittenweem”. Photo: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0.