Milton of Balgonie

Milton of Balgonie is a small village in central Fife, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles east of Glenrothes between the nearby villages of Markinch and Coaltown of Balgonie to the west and Windygates to the east.

Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Village
Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Miltown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balgonie Castle and Markinch railway station.

Balgonie Castle

Castle

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Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, 3.5 kilometres east of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The castle keep dates from the 14th century, and the remaining structures were added piecemeal until the 18th century.

Markinch railway station

Railway station

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Markinch railway station is a railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, which serves the Glenrothes, Leslie and Levenmouth areas of Fife. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the main Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line, 33+1⁄4 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley.

St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch

Church

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St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch is situated 1½ miles northwest of Milton of Balgonie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coaltown of Balgonie and Markinch.

Coaltown of Balgonie

Village

Coaltown of Balgonie is a village of 1,059 people in south central Fife. It is located on the B9130 road, next to the new town of Glenrothes. Coaltown has a Premier shop, a pub, a bowling green, a village hall, an undertakers, and a garage.

Markinch

Town

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Markinch is both a village and a parish in Fife, Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the village has a population of 2,420. The civil parish had a population of 16,530.

Balcurvie

Hamlet

Balcurvie is a Scottish rural hamlet located within the Windygates district of Levenmouth in Fife. People from Balcurvie include agriculturalist Sir Robert Blyth Greig FRSE. Balcurvie is situated 1½ miles east of Milton of Balgonie.

Milton of Balgonie

Category: locality
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.19343° or 56° 11′ 36″ north

Longitude

-3.09795° or 3° 5′ 53″ west

Elevation

135 feet (41 metres)

Open location code

9C8R5WV2+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 71051617

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2642460

Wikidata ID

Q15059251

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Milton of Balgonie” goes by many names.

Basque: “Milton of Balgonie”
Dutch: “Milton of Balgonie”
French: “Milton of Balgonie”
German: “Milton of Balgonie”
Swedish: “Milton of Balgonie”

Localities in the Area

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