Carriston Reservoir

Places of Interest

Balgonie Castle

Castle

Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

St Drostan’s Parish Church, Markinch

Church

Photo: John Honeyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

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.

Leven

Photo: remwiz, CC BY 3.0.

Leven is a town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 10,000. It was industrial during the 19th and 20th century, merging into the neighbouring towns of Methil and Buckhaven to create the conurbation of Levenmouth; it's struggled to re-invent itself since the coal mines closed.

Kennoway

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kennoway is a village in Fife, Scotland, near the larger population centres in the area of Leven and Methil. It had an estimated population of 4,570 in 2020.

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