Kelty
Kelty is a former coal mining village located in Fife, Scotland. Lying in the heart of the old mining heartlands of Fife, it is situated on the Fife/Kinross-shire boundary and has a population of around 6,000 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Ore and Central Park.
Loch Ore
Park
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Loch Ore is a loch situated in Fife, Scotland. It forms the core of Lochore Meadows Country Park. It is used mainly for leisure purposes, especially yachting, although the uneven depth can make speed boating problematic. Loch Ore is situated 1½ miles northeast of Kelty.
Central Park
Stadium
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Central Park also known as The Racewall is a multi-use stadium in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, used for football and stock car racing. It is situated in the centre of the town, just off the High Street, and has a capacity of 4,309. Central Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Kelty.
Cowdenbeath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowdenbeath railway station is a railway station in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 22+1⁄2 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley. Cowdenbeath railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Kelty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keltybridge and Lumphinnans.
Keltybridge
Village
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Keltybridge is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, about one mile north of Kelty, which is across the Fife border. It stands on the northern banks of Kelty Burn.
Lumphinnans
Village
Lumphinnans is a small, former mining village along the B981 road, from west to east between the towns of Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly, in central Fife. Lumphinnans Primary and Community School is the local primary school, its facilities available under a community use programme in the evenings. Lumphinnans is situated 2 miles southeast of Kelty.
Cowdenbeath
Town
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Cowdenbeath is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is 5 miles north-east of Dunfermline and 18 miles north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. Cowdenbeath is situated 2 miles southeast of Kelty.
Kelty
- Type: Town with 6,000 residents
- Description: town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.1332° or 56° 7′ 60″ northLongitude
-3.37978° or 3° 22′ 47″ westPopulation
6,000Elevation
515 feet (157 metres)Open location code
9C8R4JMC+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 29343772OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2645843Wikidata ID
Q1010156
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kelty” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kelty”
- Basque: “Kelty”
- Belarusian: “Келці”
- Bulgarian: “Келтй”
- Cebuano: “Kelty”
- Chinese: “科蒂”
- Dutch: “Kelty”
- French: “Kelty”
- German: “Kelty”
- Irish: “Cailtidh”
- Italian: “Kelty”
- Japanese: “ケルティ”
- Lithuanian: “Keltis”
- Persian: “کلتبی”
- Persian: “کلتی”
- Polish: “Kelty”
- Russian: “Келти”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cailtidh”
- Spanish: “Kelty”
- Swedish: “Kelty”
- Ukrainian: “Келті”
- Welsh: “Kelty”
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