Kinghorn
Kinghorn is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kinghorn railway station and St Leonard’s Parish Church, Kinghorn.
Kinghorn railway station
Railway station
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Kinghorn railway station is a railway station in the town of Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 22+3⁄4 miles north east of Edinburgh Waverley.
Kinghorn Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinghorn Lifeboat Station is located at St James Place, Kinghorn, a town and seaside resort on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, on the Fife peninsula, on the east coast of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burntisland and Kirkcaldy.
Burntisland
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Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of 6600 in 2020. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.
Kirkcaldy
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Kirkcaldy is a town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland. It's called "The Lang Toun" due to the collection of villages that stretched along the coast.
Pathhead
Suburb
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Pathhead is an area of Kirkcaldy, in Fife, Scotland. Pathhead was an independent village before it was incorporated into the Royal burgh of Kirkcaldy. In Jan Blaeu's map of Scotland from the 17th century reference is made to the village of Peth-heed, present day Pathhead. Pathhead is situated 4 miles north of Kinghorn.
Kinghorn
- Type: Town with 2,930 residents
- Description: town and parish 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
56.07074° or 56° 4′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.17423° or 3° 10′ 27″ westPopulation
2,930Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KHNOpen location code
9C8R3RCG+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 29338797OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kinghorn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kinghorn”
- Basque: “Kinghorn”
- Bulgarian: “Кингхорн”
- Cebuano: “Kinghorn”
- Chinese: “白地古”
- Chinese: “金霍恩”
- Danish: “Kinghorn”
- Dutch: “Kinghorn”
- Faroese: “Kinghorn”
- French: “Kinghorn”
- German: “Kinghorn”
- Hebrew: “קינגהורן”
- Irish: “Ceann Gronn”
- Irish: “Ceann Gronna”
- Italian: “Kinghorn”
- Japanese: “キングホーン”
- Persian: “کینگهورن”
- Scots: “Kinghorn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann Gronn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann Gronna”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kinghorn”
- Spanish: “Kinghorn”
- Swedish: “Kinghorn”
- Welsh: “Kinghorn”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kinghorn Harbour and Carlinhead Rocks.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Anchorage Gallery and Kinghorn Viaduct.
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