East Wemyss
East Wemyss is a village situated on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,928.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Macduff’s Castle and Wemyss Castle.
Macduff’s Castle
Ruins
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
MacDuff's Castle is a ruined castle near East Wemyss, in Fife, Scotland. The site is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the Middle Ages, although nothing survives from this period.
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Photo: C L T Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital is a community hospital located in Buckhaven, Fife, managed by NHS Fife. Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital is situated 1½ miles northeast of East Wemyss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coaltown of Wemyss and Buckhaven.
Coaltown of Wemyss
Village
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Coaltown of Wemyss is a village in south-east Fife, Scotland, around 5 km north of Kirkcaldy. The town was built in the 1890s as an estate village on the lands of nearby Wemyss Castle to house - as the name implies - mineworkers employed in several coal mines in the area.
Buckhaven
Town
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckhaven is a town on the east coast of Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth between East Wemyss and Methil. Buckhaven is on the Fife Coastal Path, and near to Wemyss Caves and Largo Bay.
West Wemyss
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Wemyss is a village lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2007 population estimate, the village has a population of 237. West Wemyss is situated 2 miles southwest of East Wemyss.
East Wemyss
- Type: Village with 1,970 residents
- Description: town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.16162° or 56° 9′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.06248° or 3° 3′ 45″ westPopulation
1,970Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
9C8R5W6Q+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 29343057OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650314Wikidata ID
Q1010166
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“East Wemyss” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “East Wemyss”
- Basque: “East Wemyss”
- Cebuano: “East Wemyss”
- Chinese: “東維米斯”
- Chinese: “東韋米斯”
- Dutch: “East Wemyss”
- French: “East Wemyss”
- Greek: “Ηστ Γουίμζ”
- Italian: “East Wemyss”
- Persian: “ومیس شرقی”
- Scots: “East Wemyss”
- Spanish: “East Wemyss”
- Swedish: “East Wemyss”
- Welsh: “East Wemyss”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bird Scheme and Denbeath.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wemyss And Mcduff Cemetery and Court Cave.
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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 “East Wemyss”. Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.