Burntisland

Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in in central Scotland, with a population of 6600 in 2020. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Burntisland railway station and Burntisland Parish Church.

Railway station
is a railway station in the town of Burntisland, , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line.

Church
is a church building in the Fife burgh of Burntisland, constructed for the Church of Scotland in 1592. It is historically important as one of the first churches built in Scotland after the Reformation, with a highly distinctive and apparently original square plan.

Ruins
, also known as Village and The Binn, is an abandoned industrial village located two miles north of Burntisland in . It was established in the late 1870s to house workers at the nearby shale oil extraction works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdour and Kinghorn.

is a small town on the coast of in central Scotland, and nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, with a population in 2011 of 1633.

Town
is a town and parish in , . A seaside resort with two beaches, Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the , opposite . is situated 2½ miles east of Burntisland.

Village
is a small village in , Scotland. It is 4 miles west of . The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn. is situated 3 miles north of Burntisland.

Burntisland

Latitude
56.0594° or 56° 3′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.2331° or 3° 13′ 59″ west
Population
6,270
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BTL
Open location code
9C8R3Q58+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29338805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654255
Wiki­data ID
Q1011521
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Burntisland” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Burntisland
  • Basque: Burntisland
  • Bengali: বার্নটিসল্যান্ড
  • Bulgarian: Бърнтайланд
  • Catalan: Burntisland
  • Cebuano: Burntisland
  • Chinese: 伯恩蒂斯兰
  • Chinese: 伯恩蒂斯島
  • Chinese: 本泰兰
  • Chinese: 本泰蘭
  • Dutch: Burntisland
  • Esperanto: Burntisland
  • Finnish: Burntisland
  • French: Burntisland
  • Georgian: ბერნტაილენდი
  • German: Burntisland
  • Gujarati: બર્નટિસલેન્ડ
  • Hebrew: ברנטיסלנד
  • Indonesian: Burntisland
  • Irish: An t-Eilean Loisgte
  • Irish: An tEilean Loisgte
  • Irish: Eilean a Chroinn
  • Irish: Eilean a‘ Chroinn
  • Italian: Burntisland
  • Japanese: バーンタイランド
  • Japanese: バーンティスランド
  • Kannada: ಬರ್ನ್ಟಿಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
  • Korean: 번트아일랜드
  • Lithuanian: Burntislandas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Burntisland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Burntisland
  • Norwegian: Burntisland
  • Persian: برنت‌آیلند
  • Polish: Burntisland
  • Portuguese: Burntisland
  • Romanian: Burntisland
  • Russian: Бернтайленд
  • Scots: Bruntisland
  • Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Loisgte
  • Spanish: Burntisland
  • Swedish: Burntisland
  • Tamil: புரண்டிஸ்லந்த
  • Telugu: బుర్నటిస్లాండ్
  • Urdu: برنتیسلینڈ
  • Welsh: Burntisland
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