Cowdenbeath
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.Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 14,100 residents
- Description: town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cowdenbeath and Lumphinnans”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cowdenbeath railway station and Central Park.
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.
Central Park
Stadium
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Beath High School
School
Beath High School is a non-denomational state secondary school in Cowdenbeath, Fife. The school is run by Fife Council and the current roll stands at around 1400 pupils aged from 11 to 18.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lumphinnans and Hill of Beath.
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.
Hill of Beath
Village
Hill of Beath is a village in Fife, Scotland, just outside Dunfermline and joined to Cowdenbeath. The village is named for the nearby hill of the same name.
Lochgelly
Town
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
Lochgelly is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. Lochgelly is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cowdenbeath.
Cowdenbeath
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.11106° or 56° 6′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.34388° or 3° 20′ 38″ westPopulation
14,100Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB COHOpen location code
9C8R4M64+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 26405271OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cowdenbeath” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كودنبيت”
- Asturian: “Cowdenbeath”
- Basque: “Cowdenbeath”
- Cebuano: “Cowdenbeath”
- Chinese: “考登比斯”
- Dutch: “Cowdenbeath”
- Esperanto: “Cowdenbeath”
- French: “Cowdenbeath”
- German: “Cowdenbeath”
- Irish: “Cúl Dún Beithe”
- Irish: “Cùl Dùn Beithe”
- Italian: “Cowdenbeath”
- Japanese: “カウデンビース”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cowdenbeath”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cowdenbeath”
- Norwegian: “Cowdenbeath”
- Persian: “کودنبیت”
- Polish: “Cowdenbeath”
- Russian: “Кауденбит”
- Scots: “Coudenbeith”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Coilltean Beithe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cowdenbeath”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cul Dun Beithe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cùl Dùn Beithe”
- Spanish: “Cowdenbeath”
- Swedish: “Cowdenbeath”
- Ukrainian: “Ковденбіт”
- Welsh: “Cowdenbeath”
- “Cowdenbeath”
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Notable Places Nearby
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