Balgonie Castle

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.

Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Photo: John Claude Nattes, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Markinch railway station and St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch.

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 miles 20 chains north of Edinburgh Waverley. Markinch railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Balgonie Castle.

St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch

Church

Photo: John Honeyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Balgonie Castle.

Compton House, Coaltown Road, Markinch

House

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Compton House, Coaltown Road, Markinch is situated 1 mile northwest of Balgonie Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milton of Balgonie and Coaltown of Balgonie.

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.

Coaltown of Balgonie

Village

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.

Markinch

Town

Photo: Mcwesty, Public domain.

Markinch is both a village and a parish in 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.

Balgonie Castle

Type: Castle
Description: castle in Fife, Scotland, UK
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.19386° or 56° 11′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.10944° or 3° 6′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C8R5VVR+G6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 262103059

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q4850794

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Balgonie Castle” goes by many names.

Basque: “Balgonie gaztelua”
Chinese: “巴尔格尼城堡”
French: “château de Balgonie”
French: “Château de Balgonie”
German: “Balgonie Castle”
Italian: “Balgonie Castle”
Italian: “castello di Balgonie”
Italian: “Castello di Balgonie”
Japanese: “バルゴニー城”
Portuguese: “Castelo Balgonie”
Spanish: “Castillo Balgonie”
Turkish: “Balgonie Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lady’s Wood and King George’s Field.

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