Buckhaven
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.Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital and Macduff’s Castle.
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.
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.
Levenmouth Academy
School
Levenmouth Academy is a six-year co-educational, non-denominational comprehensive school in Buckhaven, Scotland that serves the population in the Levenmouth area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Methil and East Wemyss.
Methil
Town
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Methil is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland. Methil has ancient origins: two Bronze Age cemeteries have been discovered which date the settlement as over 8,000 years old.
East Wemyss
Village
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Windygates
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Windygates is a small village and surrounding district in central Fife, Scotland. The district encompasses the following villages, farms and estates; Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw, Cameron Farm, Isabella, Smithyhill, Cameron Bridge… Windygates is situated 1½ miles northwest of Buckhaven.
Buckhaven
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: town on the Firth of Forth in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.17107° or 56° 10′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.0334° or 3° 2′ 0″ westPopulation
5,000Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BHVOpen location code
9C8R5XC8+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3869782495OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Buckhaven” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Buckhaven”
- Basque: “Buckhaven”
- Bengali: “বাকহ্যাভেন”
- Cebuano: “Buckhaven”
- Chinese: “巴克黑文”
- Chinese: “巴黑文”
- Dutch: “Buckhaven”
- French: “Buckhaven”
- German: “Buckhaven”
- Gujarati: “બકહેવન”
- Irish: “Baile ‘Ic Eòghainn”
- Irish: “Baile ’Ic Eòghainn”
- Italian: “Buckhaven”
- Japanese: “バックヘイブン”
- Kannada: “ಬಕ್ಹೇವನ್”
- Korean: “버캐븐”
- Lithuanian: “Bakheivenas”
- Persian: “باکهون”
- Portuguese: “Buckhaven”
- Russian: “Бакхейвен”
- Scots: “Buckhynde”
- Scots: “Buckhyne”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile ‘Ic Eòghainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile ’Ic Eòghainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Buckhaven”
- Spanish: “Buckhaven”
- Swedish: “Buckhaven”
- Tamil: “பக்ஹேவன்”
- Telugu: “బుక్హవెన్”
- Ukrainian: “Бакгейвен”
- Urdu: “بوکہاوین”
- Welsh: “Buckhaven”
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