Fife
Fife is a county in the north east of Scotland, with a population in 2019 of 371,910. It's a lowland peninsula, with the broad Firth of Forth to the south and the smaller Firth of Tay to the north, and great bridges for its gateways.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falkland Palace and Falkland Parish Church, High Street, Falkland.
Falkland Palace
Castle
Photo: Sam Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who took refuge there from political and religious turmoil of her times.
Ladybank railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ladybank railway station serves the town of Ladybank in Fife, Scotland. Ladybank railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Fife.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenrothes and Falkland.
Glenrothes
Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
Glenrothes is a large town in Fife, with a population in 2016 of 38,510. It's a post-War "New Town" with uninspiring architecture and not normally a town people visit.
Falkland
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falkland is a village, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills. According to the 2022 census it has a population of 1,041.
Freuchie
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freuchie is a village in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills, and near Falkland. The nearest major town is Glenrothes located 4 miles to the south.
Fife
- Also known as: “Fife Region”
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.25° or 56° 15′ northLongitude
-3.1667° or 3° 10′ westPopulation
371,000Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)Abbreviation
“FIF”Open location code
9C8R7R2M+28GeoNames ID
2649469
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Yue Chinese—“Fife” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Fìobha”
- Bulgarian: “Файф”
- Chinese: “法夫”
- Irish: “Foibhe”
- Japanese: “ファイフ”
- Korean: “파이프 주”
- Latin: “Fifa”
- Lithuanian: “Faifas”
- Manx: “Feevey”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fif Scīr”
- Persian: “فایف”
- Russian: “Файф”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fìobha”
- Ukrainian: “Файф”
- Urdu: “فائف”
- Western Panjabi: “فائف”
- Yue Chinese: “快富”
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Localities in the Area
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