Coaltown of Balgonie
Coaltown of Balgonie is a village of 1,059 people in south central Fife. It is located on the B9130 road, next to the new town of Glenrothes. Coaltown has a Premier shop, a pub, a bowling green, a village hall, an undertakers, and a garage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balgonie Castle and Markinch railway station.
Balgonie Castle
Castle
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, 3.5 kilometres east of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The castle keep dates from the 14th century, and the remaining structures were added piecemeal until the 18th century.
Markinch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Markinch railway station is a railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, which serves the Glenrothes, Leslie and Levenmouth areas of Fife. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the main Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line, 33+1⁄4 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milton of Balgonie and Markinch.
Milton of Balgonie
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milton of Balgonie is a small village in central Fife, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles east of Glenrothes between the nearby villages of Markinch and Coaltown of Balgonie to the west and Windygates to the east.
Markinch
Town
Photo: Mcwesty, Public domain.
Markinch is both a village and a parish in the heart of Fife, Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the village has a population of 2,420. The civil parish had a population of 16,530.
Thornton
Village
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Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, and stands between the River Ore and Lochty Burn, which are at opposite ends of the main street.
Coaltown of Balgonie
- Type: Village with 1,040 residents
- Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.18426° or 56° 11′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.12653° or 3° 7′ 36″ westPopulation
1,040Elevation
262 feet (80 metres)Open location code
9C8R5VMF+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 354634155OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11592440Wikidata ID
Q16896542
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From Basque to Spanish—“Coaltown of Balgonie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Coaltown of Balgonie”
- Catalan: “Coaltown of Balgonie”
- French: “Coaltown of Balgonie”
- Spanish: “Coaltown of Balgonie”
- “Coaltown of Balgonie”
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