Markinch
Markinch is both a village and a parish in the heart of 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Markinch railway station and St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch.
Markinch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mcwesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coaltown of Balgonie and Star.
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.
Star
Village
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Star, also known as Star of Markinch ), is a small village in Fife, Scotland. The name of Star derives from the causeway over the Star Moss, a raised bog to the northwest of the village which drains out to land to the north of the village.
Milton of Balgonie
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Markinch
- Type: Town with 2,420 residents
- Description: town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.20296° or 56° 12′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.13247° or 3° 7′ 57″ westPopulation
2,420Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB MRKOpen location code
9C8R6V39+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 26770101OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Markinch” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Markinch”
- Basque: “Markinch”
- Bulgarian: “Маркинч”
- Cebuano: “Markinch”
- Chinese: “马尔金奇”
- Dutch: “Markinch”
- French: “Markinch”
- German: “Markinch”
- Irish: “Marc Innis”
- Irish: “Marc-Innis”
- Italian: “Markinch”
- Japanese: “マーキンチ”
- Persian: “مارکینچ”
- Scots: “Mairkinch”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Marc Innis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Marc-Innis, Fìobha”
- Spanish: “Markinch”
- Swedish: “Markinch”
- Welsh: “Markinch”
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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 “Markinch”. Photo: Mcwesty, Public domain.