Wellwood
Wellwood is a small village to the north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was named after the Wellwoods who used to own coalmines in the area. It has a leisure centre and a golf course.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Wellwood, Fife”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queen Anne High School and East End Park.
Queen Anne High School
School
Queen Anne High School is a large secondary school in the city of Dunfermline in Fife. It is named for Anne of Denmark, the queen of James VI, whose former home was the school's original location.
East End Park
Stadium
Photo: Ian Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East End Park, currently named KDM Group East End Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium situated in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland with a seating capacity of 11,480.
Dunfermline Abbey
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was confiscated and sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunfermline and Townhill.
Dunfermline
Photo: Kilnburn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunfermline is a city in Fife, 3 miles north of the Firth of Forth in central Scotland. The city was a royal residence, ecclesiastical centre and effective capital of Scotland from the 11th century, and many monarchs are buried at its abbey.
Townhill
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Townhill is a small village that lies just north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the community is thought to be from the coal-mining industry. There is a Church of Scotland parish church, which shares a minister with nearby Kingseat.
Crossford
Village
Photo: Euchiasmus, Public domain.
Crossford is a small village located in West Fife, Scotland. Its population was 2,358 in 2011. It is 1 mile west of the city Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994. Crossford is situated 2 miles southwest of Wellwood.
Wellwood
- Category: locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.08467° or 56° 5′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.46308° or 3° 27′ 47″ westElevation
420 feet (128 metres)Open location code
9C8R3GMP+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4004509958OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Wellwood” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wellwood”
- Chinese: “威尔伍德”
- Dutch: “Wellwood”
- French: “Wellwood”
- Japanese: “ウェルウッド”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Broomhead and Baldridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Salvation Army Church and Community Centre and Wellwood Community and Social Club.
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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 “Wellwood”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.