Limekilns

Limekilns is a historic coastal village in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the shore of the Firth of Forth, around 3 miles south of Dunfermline and 13 miles northwest of Edinburgh.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Rosyth Old Kirk and Rosyth railway station.

Rosyth Old Kirk

Ruins

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Rosyth Old Kirk is a ruins.

Rosyth railway station serves the town of Rosyth in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Fife Circle Line, 14.7 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley. Rosyth railway station is situated 2 miles east of Limekilns.

Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum

Museum

The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, dedicated to the life of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, "one of the great Scots of the 19th century.". Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is situated 2½ miles north of Limekilns.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlestown and Crossford.

Charlestown

Village

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Charlestown is a village in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, south-east of Crombie and around 1 mile west of Limekilns, and 3 miles south-west of Dunfermline.

Crossford

Village

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Crossford is a small village located in West Fife, Scotland. Its population was 2,358 in 2011. It is 1 mile west of the city Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994. Crossford is situated 2 miles north of Limekilns.

Rosyth

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Rosyth is a port in Fife in central Scotland. It was built from 1909 as housing for the workers at the Royal Navy dockyard so it's modern and industrial, with a population in 2016 of 13,780.

Limekilns

Type: Village with 1,400 residents
Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.03439° or 56° 2′ 4″ north

Longitude

-3.48049° or 3° 28′ 50″ west

Population

1,400

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB LMK

Open location code

9C8R2GM9+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 29338432

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2644495

Wikidata ID

Q1011954

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Limekilns” goes by many names.

Basque: “Limekilns”
Bulgarian: “Лимекилнс”
Cebuano: “Limekilns”
Dutch: “Limekilns”
French: “Limekilns”
German: “Limekilns”
Greek: “Λάιμκιλνς”
Italian: “Limekilns”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Limekilns”
Norwegian: “Limekilns”
Spanish: “Limekilns”
Swedish: “Limekilns”
Urdu: “لائم کلنز”
Welsh: “Limekilns”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Limekilns Parish Church and Brucehaven Tennis Club.

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