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Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town on the coast of in central Scotland. It's called "The Lang Toun" due to the collection of villages that stretched along the coast.
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  • Type: Town with 59,800 residents
  • Description: town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Cair Chaladain” and “Lang Toun”
Photo: Nab82ba, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stark’s Park and Kirkcaldy railway station.

Stadium
Stark's Park is a football in Kirkcaldy, . It is the home ground of Raith Rovers, who have played there since 1891. The ground has an all-seated capacity of 8,867.

Railway station
Photo: Mutt Lunker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in the town of Kirkcaldy, , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line and principal East Coast Main Line, 26 miles north east of .

Hospital
Photo: Becky Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large hospital situated to the north of the town centre in Kirkcaldy, in , Scotland. As one of two main hospitals in Fife, this serves both the town and surrounding Mid-Fife area. It is managed by NHS Fife.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinghorn and Dysart.

Town
Photo: BesigedB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3 miles south of Kirkcaldy.

Suburb
is a town and former royal burgh located on the south-east coast between Kirkcaldy and in , . was once part of a wider estate owned by the St Clair or Sinclair family.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of Kirkcaldy, in , Scotland. was an independent village before it was incorporated into the Royal burgh of Kirkcaldy. In Jan Blaeu's map of from the 17th century reference is made to the village of Peth-heed, present day .

Kirkcaldy

Latitude
56.111° or 56° 6′ 40″ north
Longitude
-3.1582° or 3° 9′ 30″ west
Population
59,800
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KKD
Open location code
9C8R4R6R+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26404211
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645298
Wiki­data ID
Q691685
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kirkcaldy” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيركالدي”
  • Armenian: “Կերկլոդի”
  • Armenian: “Քրքոլդի”
  • Asturian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kerkoldi”
  • Basque: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Belarusian: “Керкалдзі”
  • Bengali: “কিরক্ক্যালডি”
  • Bulgarian: “Къркалди”
  • Bulgarian: “Кърколди”
  • Catalan: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Cebuano: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Chechen: “Керколди”
  • Chinese: “噶谷邸”
  • Chinese: “柯科迪”
  • Czech: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Danish: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Dutch: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيركالدى”
  • Esperanto: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Estonian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Finnish: “Kirkcaldy”
  • French: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Georgian: “კერკოლდი”
  • German: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Greek: “Κιρκάλντυ”
  • Gujarati: “કિર્કકેલ્ડી”
  • Hebrew: “קרקודי”
  • Hungarian: “Cair Chaladain”
  • Hungarian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Icelandic: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Inari Sami: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Irish: “Cair Chaladain”
  • Italian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Japanese: “カークカルディ”
  • Japanese: “カーコーディ”
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿರ್ಕ್ಕಾಲ್ಡಿ”
  • Korean: “커콜디”
  • Literary Chinese: “噶谷邸”
  • Lithuanian: “Kerkoldis”
  • Lule Sami: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Macedonian: “Керколди”
  • Malay: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Mazanderani: “کیرکالدی”
  • Mongolian: “Кирккалди”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Norwegian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kirkcaldy”
  • Ossetian: “Керколди”
  • Persian: “کرکودی”
  • Persian: “کیرکالدی”
  • Persian: “کیرک‌کالدی”
  • Pite Sami: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Polish: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Portuguese: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Romanian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Russian: “Керколди”
  • Scots: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Scots: “Kirkcaudy”
  • Scots: “Kirkcawddy”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cair Chaladain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cathair Caladaidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cathair Challdainn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cathair Challduinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Slovak: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Slovenian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرکودی”
  • Southern Sami: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Spanish: “Kircaldy”
  • Spanish: “Kirkaldy”
  • Spanish: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Swedish: “Kirkaldy”
  • Swedish: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Tamil: “கிர்க்காலடி”
  • Tatar: “Керколди”
  • Telugu: “కిర్క్కాల్డి”
  • Turkish: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Ukrainian: “Керкколді”
  • Ukrainian: “Керколді”
  • Ume Sami: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Urdu: “کیرککالدی”
  • Welsh: “Cair Chaladain”
  • Welsh: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Western Frisian: “Kirkcaldy”
  • Western Panjabi: “کرکالڈی”
  • “Kirkcaldy”

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