Balbirnie Park
Balbirnie Park is a park in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Balbirnie Park is situated nearby to the sports venue Balbirnie Golf Club, as well as near Balbirnie Stone Circle (modern).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Balfarg and St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch.
Balfarg
Stone
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. With the development of Glenrothes new town in the latter half of the 20th Century an adjacent residential area was developed around the complex carrying the same name. Balfarg is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Balbirnie Park.
St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch
Church
Photo: John Honeyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Balbirnie Park.
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. Markinch railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Balbirnie Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Markinch and Glenrothes.
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.
Glenrothes
Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
Glenrothes is a large town in Fife, with a population in 2016 of 38,510. It's a post-War "New Town" with uninspiring architecture and not normally a town people visit.
Star
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Star, also known as Star of Markinch ), is a small village in Fife, Scotland. The name of Star derives from the causeway over the Star Moss, a raised bog to the northwest of the village which drains out to land to the north of the village. Star is situated 1½ miles east of Balbirnie Park.
Balbirnie Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.21017° or 56° 12′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.14774° or 3° 8′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C8R6V62+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 132917719OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balbirnie Golf Club and Balbirnie Stone Circle (modern).
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