Falkland
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,100 residents
- Description: town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Falkland, Fife” and “Parish of Kilgour”
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.
Myres Castle
Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Myres Castle is a Scottish castle situated in Fife near the village of Auchtermuchty. Its history is interleaved with that of nearby Falkland Palace with present-day castle construction dating to 1530. Myres Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Falkland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freuchie and Auchtermuchty.
Freuchie
Village
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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. Freuchie is situated 2 miles east of Falkland.
Auchtermuchty
Town
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchtermuchty is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is beside Pitlour Hill and 9 miles north of Glenrothes. Auchtermuchty is situated 3 miles north of Falkland.
Strathmiglo
Village
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strathmiglo is a village and parish in the north east of Fife, Scotland on the River Eden. It lies on the old A91 road from Milnathort to Cupar and St. Strathmiglo is situated 3 miles northwest of Falkland.
Falkland
- Categories: town, small burgh, and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.2531° or 56° 15′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.20798° or 3° 12′ 29″ westPopulation
1,100Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB FKLOpen location code
9C8R7Q3R+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 75227042OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Falkland” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فوكلاند (فيفي)”
- Arabic: “فوكلاند”
- Asturian: “Falkland”
- Basque: “Falkland”
- Cebuano: “Falkland”
- Chinese: “福克兰”
- Chinese: “福克兰法夫”
- Chinese: “福克蘭”
- Dutch: “Falkland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فوكلاند”
- French: “Falkand”
- French: “Falkland”
- German: “Falkland”
- Irish: “Fáclann”
- Irish: “Fàclann”
- Italian: “Falkland”
- Japanese: “フォークランド”
- Persian: “فالکلاند، فایف”
- Persian: “فالکلاند”
- Polish: “Falkland”
- Portuguese: “Falkland”
- Russian: “Фолкленд”
- Scots: “Fauklan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fàclann”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Falkland, Fife”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Falkland”
- South Azerbaijani: “فالکلاند، فایف”
- Spanish: “Falkland”
- Swedish: “Falkland”
- Welsh: “Falkland”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Falkland Post Office and Falkland Community Library.
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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 “Falkland”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.