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Fife (Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language

Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic languages branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish language and Manx language languages....
: Fìobha) is a council area
Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
 of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, situated between the Firth of Tay
Firth of Tay

The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the council areas of Fife, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Angus, into which Scotland's largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay, empties....
 and the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south....
, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of Council Areas of Scotland in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire , Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling , Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas....
 and Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire and sometimes called Clacks is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife....
. It was originally one of the Pictish
Picts

The Picts were a confederation of tribes in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland from Roman Empire times until the 10th century....
 kingdoms
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
, known as Fib, and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland.

It is a lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
, and was a county of Scotland until 1975. It was very occasionally known by the anglification Fifeshire in old documents and maps compiled by English
England

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 cartographers and authors.






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Fife (Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language

Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic languages branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish language and Manx language languages....
: Fìobha) is a council area
Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
 of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, situated between the Firth of Tay
Firth of Tay

The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the council areas of Fife, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Angus, into which Scotland's largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay, empties....
 and the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south....
, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of Council Areas of Scotland in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire , Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling , Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas....
 and Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire and sometimes called Clacks is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife....
. It was originally one of the Pictish
Picts

The Picts were a confederation of tribes in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland from Roman Empire times until the 10th century....
 kingdoms
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
, known as Fib, and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland.

It is a lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
, and was a county of Scotland until 1975. It was very occasionally known by the anglification Fifeshire in old documents and maps compiled by English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 cartographers and authors. A person from Fife is known as a Fifer.

Fife was a local government region
Regions and districts of Scotland

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
 divided into three district
Regions and districts of Scotland

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
s - Dunfermline
Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town in Fife which had official City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Pretenders until 1970. It is located on high ground five miles from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth on the route of major road and rail crossings across the firth to Edinburgh and the south....
, Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and is the largest settlement between the cities of Dundee and Edinburgh....
 and North-East Fife. Since 1996 the functions of the district councils have been exercised by the unitary
Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
 Fife Council.

Fife is Scotland's third largest local authority area by population
Demographics of Scotland

Scotland covers an area of 78,782km? or 30,341mi?, giving it a population density of . Around 70% of the country's population live in the Central Belt - a broad, fertile valley stretching in a northeast-southwest orientation between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including major settlements such as Paisley, Stirling, Falkirk, Perth, Scotl...
. It has a resident population of just under 360,000, almost a third of whom live in the three principal towns of Dunfermline
Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town in Fife which had official City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Pretenders until 1970. It is located on high ground five miles from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth on the route of major road and rail crossings across the firth to Edinburgh and the south....
, Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and is the largest settlement between the cities of Dundee and Edinburgh....
 and Glenrothes
Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a former new town situated in the heart of Fife, in east central Scotland. It was established in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946 largely to house workers who were to work at a major coal mine- the Rothes Colliery....
. Kirkcaldy has Fife's largest population of 48,108 based on population figures from 2006.

The historical town of St Andrews
St Andrews

St Andrews is a town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. According to the recent population estimate , the town has a population of 16,596, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
 is located on the east coast of Fife. It is well known for one of the most ancient universities in Europe
Medieval university

Medieval university is such an institution of higher learning which was established during Gothic art period and is a corporation.The first Europe medieval institutions generally considered to be University were established in Italy, France, and England in the late 11th and the 12th centuries for the study of Liberal arts, law, medicine, a...
, and as the home of golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
.

History

Popularly known as 'The Kingdom of Fife', legend has it that upon the death of Cruithne, the Pictish
Picts

The Picts were a confederation of tribes in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland from Roman Empire times until the 10th century....
 realm - known collectively as 'Pictavia' - was divided into seven sub-kingdoms or provinces, one of which became Fife. The name is recorded as Fib in A.D. 1150 and Fif in 1165. It was often associated with Fothriff
Fothriff

Fothriff or Fothrif was a province of Scotland in the Middle Ages. It is often paired with Fife, not only in De Situ Albanie, but also in early charters....
.

Fife, bounded to the north by the Firth of Tay
Firth of Tay

The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the council areas of Fife, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Angus, into which Scotland's largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay, empties....
 and to the south by the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south....
, is a natural peninsula whose political boundaries have changed little over the ages.

King James VI of Scotland described Fife as a 'beggar's mantle fringed with gold' - the golden fringe being the coast and its chain of little ports with their thriving fishing fleets and rich trading links with the Low Countries
Low Countries

The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers....
, ironic given the much later development of farming on some of Scotland's richest soil and the minerals, notably coal, underneath. Wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
, linen
Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum. Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather....
, coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
 and salt
Salt

A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and base . Salts are ionic compounds composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically electric charge ....
 were all traded. Salt pans heated by local coal were a feature of the Fife coast in the past. The distinctive red clay "pan tiles" seen on many old buildings in Fife arrived as ballast on trading boats and replaced the previously thatched roofs. In 1598 King James VI employed a group of 12 men from Fife, who became known as the Fife adventurers
Fife adventurers

The Fife adventurers were a group of 12 Scottish Lowlands colonists awarded lands on the Isle of Lewis by King James VI in 1598 following the forfeiture of all Clan MacLeod lands in 1597 when they failed to produce the title-deeds proving their ownership which had been demanded by List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament to 1707 of all Scottis...
 to colonise the Isle of Lewis in an attempt to begin the "civilisation" and anglicisation
Anglicisation

Anglicisation or anglicization is a process of conversion of verbal or written elements of any other language into a more comprehensible English language for an English speaker....
 of the region. This endeavour lasted until 1609 when the colonists, having been opposed by the native population, were bought out by Coinneach, the clan chief of the MacKenzies
Clan MacKenzie

Clan Mackenzie is a Scottish highlands Scottish clan, traditionally associated with Kintail and lands in Ross-shire....
.

Historically, there was much heavy industry in the century or so following the Victorian engineering triumphs of the Forth and Tay rail bridges
Tay Rail Bridge

The Tay Bridge is a railway bridge approximately two and a quarter miles long that spans the Firth of Tay in Scotland, between the city of Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife ....
, The Fife coalfields were developed around Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and is the largest settlement between the cities of Dundee and Edinburgh....
 and the west of Fife reaching far out under the Firth of Forth. Shipbuilding was famous at Methil
Methil

Methil is a town in Fife , Scotland. It was part of the former Burgh of Buckhaven and Methil. It lies within a continuous urban area described as Levenmouth....
 and Rosyth
Rosyth

Rosyth is a town with a population of approx 15,000 located on the Firth of Forth on Scotland's east coast, three miles south of the centre of Dunfermline....
. The world centre for linoleum
Linoleum

Linoleum is a floor covering made from solidified linseed oil in combination with wood flour or cork dust over a burlap or canvas backing. Pigments may be added to the materials used....
 production was in Kirkcaldy (where it is still produced), and flax
Flax

Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean region to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent....
 grown in Fife was transformed into linen locally too. Post-war
Post-war

A post-war period is the interval immediately following the beginning of a war and enduring as long as war does not resume. A post-war period can become an interwar period or interbellum when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date ....
 Fife saw the development of Scotland's second new town
New town

A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area....
, Glenrothes
Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a former new town situated in the heart of Fife, in east central Scotland. It was established in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946 largely to house workers who were to work at a major coal mine- the Rothes Colliery....
. Originally to be based around a coal mine the town eventually attracted a high number of modern Silicon Glen
Silicon Glen

Silicon Glen is a nickname for the high tech sector of Scotland. It is applied to the Central Belt triangle between Dundee, Inverclyde and Edinburgh, which includes Fife, Glasgow and Stirling; although electronics facilities outside this area may also be included in the term....
 companies to the region. Fife Council also centered their operations in Glenrothes.

There are notable historical buildings to be seen in Fife, some of which are managed by the National Trust for Scotland or Heritage Scotland. They include Dunfermline abbey (last resting place of Scottish Royalty), the Palace in Culross, Ravenscraig Castle in Kirkcaldy, Dysart Harbour area, Balgonie Castle near Coaltown of Balgonie, Falkland Palace (hunting palace of the Scottish Kings), Kellie Castle near Pittenweem, Hill of Tarvit (a historical house), St Andrews Castle (with a gruesome bottle dungeon), St Andrews Cathedral and St Rules' Tower.

Geography

Fife is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 in eastern Scotland bordered on the north by the Firth of Tay
Firth of Tay

The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the council areas of Fife, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Angus, into which Scotland's largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay, empties....
, on the east by the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 and the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south....
 to the south. The route to the west is partially blocked by the mass of the Ochil Hills
Ochil Hills

The Ochil Hills is a range of hills in Scotland north of the River Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth, Scotland....
. Almost all traffic into and out of Fife has to pass over one of three bridges, south on The Forth Road Bridge
Forth Road Bridge

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in Central Belt Scotland. The bridge, built in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting the capital city Edinburgh at South Queensferry to Fife at North Queensferry....
, west on the Kincardine Bridge
Kincardine Bridge

The Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk council area to Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife, Scotland....
 or north east via The Tay Road Bridge
Tay Road Bridge

The Tay Road Bridge is an important road bridge in Scotland. It crosses the Firth of Tay from Newport-on-Tay in Fife to Dundee.It is around 1.4 miles long, making it one of the longest bridges in Europe, and slopes gradually downward towards Dundee....
, the exception being traffic headed north on the M90
M90 motorway

The M90 is a motorway in Scotland. It runs from Inverkeithing, at the north end of the Forth Road Bridge, to Perth, Scotland, passing Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Kinross on the way....
. Tolls were abolished on the Tay Road Bridge and Forth Road Bridge on 11 February 2008.

There are a extinct volcanic features, such as the Lomond Hills
Lomond Hills

The Lomond Hills lie in the centre of Fife, Scotland. At 522m West Lomond is the highest point in the county....
 which rise above rolling farmland, and Largo Law, a volcanic plug
Volcanic plug

A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, is a volcano landform created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano....
 in the east. At 522 m (or 1713 feet), the West Lomond
West Lomond

West Lomond is the highest point in the county of Fife, Scotland and the highest peak in the Lomond Hills. Its volcanic dolerite cone rises above an escarpment of carboniferous sandstone and limestone layers....
 is the highest point in Fife. The coast has fine but small harbours, from the industrial docks in Burntisland
Burntisland

Burntisland is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland on the Firth of Forth. It is known locally for its sandy Blue Flag beach beach, the 15th century Rossend Castle, and its traditional summer fair and Highland games day....
 and Rosyth
Rosyth

Rosyth is a town with a population of approx 15,000 located on the Firth of Forth on Scotland's east coast, three miles south of the centre of Dunfermline....
 to the fishing villages of the East Neuk
East Neuk

The East Neuk or East Neuk of Fife is a geographically ill-defined area of the coast of Fife, Scotland, which nonetheless stirs local passions....
 such as Anstruther
Anstruther

Anstruther is a small town in Fife, Scotland. The two Anstruthers are divided by a small stream called Dreel Burn. Anstruther lies 9 miles south-southeast of St Andrews....
 and Pittenweem
Pittenweem

Pittenweem is a small and secluded fishing village tucked in the corner of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic....
. The large area of flat land to the north of the Lomond Hills, through which the River Eden
River Eden, Fife

The River Eden is a river in Fife in Scotland, and is Fife's other principal river, along with the River Leven, Fife. It is nearly 30 miles long and has a fall of around 90 metres ....
 flows, is known as the Howe of Fife. North of the Lomond Hills can be found villages and small towns in a primarily agricultural landscape. The areas in the south and west of Fife, including the towns of Dunfermline
Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town in Fife which had official City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Pretenders until 1970. It is located on high ground five miles from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth on the route of major road and rail crossings across the firth to Edinburgh and the south....
, Glenrothes
Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a former new town situated in the heart of Fife, in east central Scotland. It was established in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946 largely to house workers who were to work at a major coal mine- the Rothes Colliery....
, Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and is the largest settlement between the cities of Dundee and Edinburgh....
 and the Levenmouth
Levenmouth

Levenmouth is a small Scottish conurbation consisting of three neighbouring coastal towns, eleven further inland towns or villages with various smaller Hamlet or similar equivalents....
 region are much more lightly industrial and densely populated. The only area which could claim to be heavy industry is that of Rosyth
Rosyth

Rosyth is a town with a population of approx 15,000 located on the Firth of Forth on Scotland's east coast, three miles south of the centre of Dunfermline....
, around the naval dockyard.

The east corner of Fife, generally that east of a line between Leven
Leven, Fife

Leven is a seaside town in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven, Fife.On the coast immediately south-west of Leven are Methil and Buckhaven....
 and St Andrews
St Andrews

St Andrews is a town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. According to the recent population estimate , the town has a population of 16,596, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
 is recognised throughout Scotland as the "East Neuk" (or corner) of Fife, small settlements around sheltered harbours, with distinctive vernacular "Dutch" or craw(crow)stepped gabled and stone-built architecture - an area much sought after as second homes of the Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
 professional classes in the years since the Forth Road Bridge
Forth Road Bridge

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in Central Belt Scotland. The bridge, built in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting the capital city Edinburgh at South Queensferry to Fife at North Queensferry....
 was built. The fishing industry
Fishing industry in Scotland

The fishing industry in Scotland comprises a significant proportion of the United Kingdom fishing industry. A recent inquiry by the Royal Society of Edinburgh found fishing to be of much greater social, economic and cultural importance to Scotland than to the rest of the UK....
 on which the East Neuk settlements were built has declined in recent years with the main fishing fleet now operating from Pittenweem and the harbour in Anstruther being used as a marina for pleasure craft.

Towns and villages

  • Abercrombie
    Abercrombie, Fife

    Abercrombie is a small village in Fife, situated around 1 mile to the north of the village of St Monans, and 10 miles south of the town of St Andrews....
    , Aberdour
    Aberdour

    Aberdour is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. It is situated on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south to the Island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyond....
    , Anstruther
    Anstruther

    Anstruther is a small town in Fife, Scotland. The two Anstruthers are divided by a small stream called Dreel Burn. Anstruther lies 9 miles south-southeast of St Andrews....
    , Arncroach
    Arncroach

    Arncroach is a village in Fife, Scotland....
    , Auchterderran
    Auchterderran

    Auchterderran is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden...
    , Auchtermuchty
    Auchtermuchty

    Auchtermuchty is a town in Fife, Scotland, situated beside Pitlour Hill nine miles north of Glenrothes. Until 1975 it was a royal burgh, established under charter of James V of Scotland in 1517....
    , Auchtertool
    Auchtertool

    Auchtertool is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic uachdar meaning top or heights above the Tiel burn ....
  • Balfarg
    Balfarg

    Balfarg is a prehistoric monument complex in Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland .The Balfarg henge is part of a larger prehistoric ceremonial complex....
    , Ballingry
    Ballingry

    Ballingry is a small town, in Fife, close to the border with Perth and Kinross, north of Lochgelly. It has an estimated population of 5,740 . The once separate villages of Ballingry, Crosshill, Lochore and Glencraig are now somewhat joined together....
    , Balmalcolm
    Balmalcolm

    Balmalcolm is a village in Fife, Kettle Parish, Scotland, situated exactly in the middle of Kingdom of Fife on A92 between Glenrothes and Cupar. The village was built in the 18th century and it is a local farming centre....
    , Balmerino
    Balmerino

    Balmerino was a champion New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse.He was the champion three year-old of his year, winning both the 2000 Guineas and New Zealand Derby....
    , Balmullo
    Balmullo

    Balmullo is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is 8 miles from the town of St Andrews and near the villages of Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars....
    , Benarty
    Benarty

    Benarty is the name which is informally and commonly used to refer to the ex-mining towns of Ballingry and Lochore and the villages of Crosshill, Fife and Glencraig....
    , Blairhall
    Blairhall

    Blairhall is a village in the west of Fife, Scotland. It is situated approximately west of Comrie, Fife, and west of Dunfermline. The village was originally a small hamlet but was expanded in 1911 to house the miners from a nearby colliery....
    , Blebo Craigs
    Blebo Craigs

    Blebo Craigs is a small village in the heart of rural Fife. The village contains around one hundred houses located on the south facing slope of the hill....
    , Buckhaven
    Buckhaven

    Buckhaven is a coastal town on the east coast of Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth between East Wemyss and Methil. Its inhabitants sometimes refer to it as Buckhind or Buckhine....
    , Burntisland
    Burntisland

    Burntisland is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland on the Firth of Forth. It is known locally for its sandy Blue Flag beach beach, the 15th century Rossend Castle, and its traditional summer fair and Highland games day....
  • Cairneyhill
    Cairneyhill

    Cairneyhill is a small village in west Fife, Scotland. It is 3 miles west of Dunfermline, on the A994, and has a population of around 2,600.The village's architecture is a mix of old weavers' cottages and modern suburban housing estates....
    , Cardenden
    Cardenden

    The former mining town of Cardenden lies on the South bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland. It is approximately North-West of Kirkcaldy....
    , Carnbee, Carnock
    Carnock

    Carnock is a village locate in Fife, Scotland, approximately 4km northwest of Dunfermline. The village is said to be named for St. Cearnock, a disciple of St....
    , Cellardyke
    Cellardyke

    Cellardyke is a village in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The village is to the east of Anstruther and the south of Kilrenny.History ...
    , Ceres, Chance Inn, Charlestown
    Charlestown, Fife

    Charlestown, Fife is a town in Scotland on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, adjoining Limekilns and Rosyth. Like Rosyth, Charlestown was home to a sizable shipbreaking industry in the mid twentieth century...
    , Cluny,Coaltown of Balgonie, Collessie, Comrie
    Comrie

    Comrie is a village and parish towards the western end of the Strathearn district of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, seven miles west of Crieff. The village is the Royal Horticultural Society "Large Village Britain in Bloom Winner 2007"....
    , Cowdenbeath
    Cowdenbeath

    EtymologyCowdenbeath The motto of Cowdenbeath is: "Stent Nae Stent", from the Scots language, meaning: "Effort always effort" or "Don't stint, always give your best"....
    , Craigrothie, Crail
    Crail

    Crail is a former royal burgh in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.Crail probably dates from at least as far back as the Pictish period, as the place-name includes the Pictish/Brythonic element caer, 'fort', and there is a Dark Age cross-slab preserved in the parish kirk, itself dedicated to the early holy man St....
    , Crombie
    Crombie

    Crombie may refer to the following people:*Alexander Crombie , the schoolmaster and philosopher* Alexander Crombie and Francis Crombie introduced rugby football to Scotland...
    , Crossford
    Crossford

    Crossford is a small village in west Fife, Scotland .It is situated one mile west of Dunfermline, east of Cairneyhill, astride the A994 , at ....
    ,Crossgates, Crosshill
    Crosshill, Fife

    Crosshill is a village in Fife, Scotland, located just to the south of the village of Lochore, and to the east of Loch Ore....
    , Culross
    Culross

    The town of Culross, pronounced "Coo-ros", is a former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland. Originally a Port on the Firth of Forth, the town is said to have been founded by Saint Serf , and to have been the birthplace of Saint Mungo....
    , Cupar
    Cupar

    Cupar is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland. The town is approximately equidistant between the larger settlements of Dundee and Glenrothes....
    , Cupar Muir
  • Dairsie
    Dairsie

    Dairsie, or Osnaburgh, is a village in north-east Fife, Scotland. It is south-southwest of Leuchars Junction, and east-northeast of Cupar on the A91 road Stirling to St Andrews road....
    , Dalgety Bay
    Dalgety Bay

    Dalgety Bay, a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. According to the 2006 estimate, the town is home to 9,844, making this the eighth-largest place in Fife....
    , Donibristle, Dunbog
    Dunbog

    Dunbog is a parish in the county of Fife in Scotland. The parish is of entirely rural character, with no actual village - only a collection of farm houses....
    , Dunfermline
    Dunfermline

    Dunfermline is a town in Fife which had official City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Pretenders until 1970. It is located on high ground five miles from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth on the route of major road and rail crossings across the firth to Edinburgh and the south....
    , Dysart
  • Earlsferry, East Wemyss
    East Wemyss

    East Wemyss is a small town situated on the south coast of the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 the population was recorded as 1841....
    , Elie
  • Falkland, Freuchie
    Freuchie

    Freuchie is a village in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills, and near the better known village of Falkland, Fife.The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic, fraoch, meaning heather....
    , Forgan
    Forgan (Fife)

    Forgan is a civil parish in the Scotland county of Fife. It extends 4 miles in length along the north coast of Fife and is at the southern mouth of the River Tay....
  • Gateside
    Gateside

    Gateside may refer to:* Gateside , a small village near Beith on the East side of Scotland* Gateside , a small village within the Garnock Valley...
    , The Gauldry, Glenrothes
    Glenrothes

    Glenrothes is a former new town situated in the heart of Fife, in east central Scotland. It was established in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946 largely to house workers who were to work at a major coal mine- the Rothes Colliery....
    , Grange of Lindores, Guardbridge
    Guardbridge

    Guardbridge is a village in north-east Fife, Scotland.It is approximately 3 miles north-west of St. Andrews, and is situated on the estuary of the River Eden, Fife....
  • Hillend
    Hillend, Fife

    Hillend is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is located roughly to the north-west of Dalgety Bay....
  • Inverkeithing
    Inverkeithing

    Inverkeithing is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth. According to population estimates , the town has a population of 5,265....
  • Jamestown
    Jamestown

    Jamestown may refer to:...
  • Kelty
    Kelty

    Kelty is a town located in Fife, Scotland. Kelty is a former coal mining village in the heart of the old mining heartlands of Fife. It is situated on the Fife/Kinross-shire boundary with a population of around 6000 residents....
    , Kemback
    Kemback

    Kemback is a village in Fife, Scotland, located 4km east of Cupar. The present village was developed in the 19th century to house those working the flax mills on the nearby Ceres Burn....
    , Kennoway
    Kennoway

    Kennoway is a village in Fife, Scotland, near the larger population centres in the area of Leven, Scotland and Methil. It is situated on the Fife hills about three miles inland from the Firth of Forth, north of Leven....
    , Kettlebridge, Kilconquhar
    Kilconquhar

    Kilconquhar is a village and parish in the County of Fife in Scotland. It is bounded by the parishes of Elie, Ceres, Fife, St Monans, Carnbee Parish, Scotland, Newburn Parish, Fife and Largo Parish, Scotland....
    , Kilmany
    Kilmany

    Kilmany is a village in Fife in Scotland.It is notable for being the birthplace of Jim Clark , former world champion Formula 1 racing-car driver. There is a statue of Clark in the village....
    , Kilrenny
    Kilrenny

    Kilrenny is a village in Fife, Scotland. Part of the East Neuk, it lies immediately to the north of Anstruther on the south Fife coast.The name may derive from the Scottish Gaelic Cill Reithneach, meaning 'church of the bracken'....
    , Kincardine
    Kincardine

    Kincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town located on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a Burgh of barony in 1663....
    , Kinghorn
    Kinghorn

    Kinghorn is a burgh in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth opposite Edinburgh....
    , Kinglassie
    Kinglassie

    Kinglassie is a small village in central Fife Scotland. It is located to the north of Kirkcaldy. The population of the village was recorded as 1,320 in the 2001 census....
    , Kingsbarns
    Kingsbarns

    The village of Kingsbarns lies on eastern coast of Fife, Scotland, in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles southeast of St Andrews and 3.6 miles north of Crail....
    , Kingseat, Kingskettle, Kirkcaldy
    Kirkcaldy

    Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and is the largest settlement between the cities of Dundee and Edinburgh....
  • Ladybank
    Ladybank

    Ladybank is a town and former burgh of Fife, Scotland, 8 kilometres southwest of Cupar, and a mile from the River Eden, Fife. Its population was estimated in 2005 to be 1,540....
    , Largoward, Leslie
    Leslie, Fife

    Leslie is a large village in Fife, Scotland. It is situated to the west of Glenrothes. It has a population of 2,998 based on the 2001 census....
    , Leuchars
    Leuchars

    Leuchars is a small town near the north-east coast of Fife in Scotland.The town is nearly 2 miles to the north of the village of Guardbridge, which lies on the north bank of the River Eden, Fife where it widens to the Edenmouth estuary before joining the North Sea at St Andrews Bay....
    , Leven, Letham
    Letham

    Letham may refer to:...
    , Limekilns
    Limekilns

    Limekilns, a village in Fife, Scotland, lies on the shore of the Firth of Forth.Unlike the neighbouring village of Charlestown, Fife, Limekilns is an extremely old settlement dating back to the 14th century....
    , Lindores
    Lindores

    Lindores is a small village in Fife, Scotland, about 2 miles south-east of Newburgh, Fife. It is situated on the north-east shore of Lindores Loch, a 44 ha freshwater loch....
    , Lochgelly
    Lochgelly

    Lochgelly is a town in Fife, Scotland.It is the highest place in Fife, located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively....
    , Lower Largo
    Lower Largo

    Lower Largo or Seatown of Largo is a village in Fife, Scotland situated on Largo Bay on the north side of the Firth of Forth. An ancient fishing village, Lower Largo has gained fame as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe....
    , Lumphinnans
    Lumphinnans

    Lumphinnans is a small village, placed between the larger towns of Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly in Central Fife.Lumphinnans is a small community, comprising of no more than half a dozen streets....
    , Lundin Links
    Lundin Links

    Lundin Links is a small village in Fife, Scotland. The village is best known for its two links courses. The 18 hole course, Lundin Golf Club, was used as a pre-qualifying course when The Open Championship is held at St....
    , Luthrie
  • Markinch
    Markinch

    Markinch is a village situated in the heart of Fife, in the eastern central lowlands of Scotland. According to the 2006 estimate, the villagehas a population of 2,360....
    , Methil
    Methil

    Methil is a town in Fife , Scotland. It was part of the former Burgh of Buckhaven and Methil. It lies within a continuous urban area described as Levenmouth....
    , Methilhill, Mountfleurie
  • Newburgh
    Newburgh, Fife

    Newburgh is a royal burgh of Fife, Scotland having a population of 2040 . Newburgh has grown little since 1901 when the population was counted at 1904 persons....
    , Newton of Falkland, Newport-on-Tay
    Newport-on-Tay

    Newport-on-Tay is a small town in the north east of Fife in Scotland. Practically speaking, it is a suburb of Dundee located opposite the city between the south ends of the Tay Rail Bridge and the Tay Road Bridge....
    , North Queensferry
    North Queensferry

    North Queensferry is a village in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth, between the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge, and from Edinburgh....
    , Newburn
    Newburn Parish, Fife

    Newburn is a civil parish in the County of Fife in Scotland. It is located on the north coast of the Firth of Forth and bounded by the parishes of Kilconquhar and Largo Parish, Scotland....
  • Oakley
    Oakley, Fife

    Oakley is a village in Fife, Scotland....
  • Peat Inn
    Peat Inn

    Peat Inn is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland, around seven miles south east of Cupar and six miles south west of St Andrews. The hamlet is centred on a hotel and restaurant of the same name....
    , Pickletillum, Pitlessie, Pitscottie, Pittencrief, Pittenweem
    Pittenweem

    Pittenweem is a small and secluded fishing village tucked in the corner of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic....
    ,
  • Rosyth
    Rosyth

    Rosyth is a town with a population of approx 15,000 located on the Firth of Forth on Scotland's east coast, three miles south of the centre of Dunfermline....
    , Rockwood
    Rockwood

    Rockwood is the name of some places in North America:Canada* Rockwood, Manitoba, rural municipality* Rockwood, OntarioUnited States* Rockwood, Illinois...
  • Saline
    Saline, Fife

    Saline is a burgh in Fife, Scotland, some 8 kilometers to the north-west of Dunfermline.At the United Kingdom Census 2001 the population was 1188, a decline from the 1235 recorded in the United Kingdom Census 1991....
    , Springfield
    Springfield, Fife

    The small village of Springfield lies at the edge of the Howe of Fife, to the south of the town of Cupar, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the community is thought to be from the linen industry in the 19th century....
    , St Andrews
    St Andrews

    St Andrews is a town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. According to the recent population estimate , the town has a population of 16,596, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
    , St Monans
    St Monans

    St Monans is a village in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately 3 miles west of Anstruther, this small picturesque community, whose inhabitants formerly made their living mainly from fishing, is now both a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Walk, and a close knit community wit...
    , Stratheden
    Stratheden

    Stratheden is a Hamlet 1 kilometre west of Cupar, and just north of Springfield, Fife, in Fife, Scotland. The hamlet comprises a psychiatric hospital, together with Stratheden Cottages, which were originally built to house the hospital staff....
    , Strathkinness
    Strathkinness

    Strathkinness is a small village located 3 miles to the west of the tourist town St Andrews in North East Fife. A key characteristic of the village is the open agricultural field in the centre, however, as of 2008 the field is being replaced by houses....
    , Strathmiglo
    Strathmiglo

    Strathmiglo is a village in Fife, Scotland on the River Eden, Fife. The population is around 1000. Nearby settlements include Auchtermuchty and Falkland, Fife....
    , Star
    Star, Fife

    Star is a small village in Fife, Scotland.The name star derives from the Norse language word - starr- for the type of grass that grows on boggy land....
  • Tayport
    Tayport

    Tayport is located in Fife, Scotland.Te oportet alte ferri - "It is encumbent on you to carry yourself high."Tayport lies close to the north east tip of Fife....
    , Thornton
    Thornton, Fife

    Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is situated in between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. The village stands between the rivers Ore and Lochty, which are at either end of the main street....
    , Torryburn
    Torryburn

    Torryburn is a village in Scotland, lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is one of a number of old port communities that have existed on this coast and at one point even served as port for Dunfermline....
    , Teasses
  • Upper Largo
    Upper Largo

    Upper Largo or Kirkton of Largo is a small town situated in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Resting on the southern slopes of the 290m Largo Law and a mile north of the shore of Lower Largo forming one of a pair with the rather larger Lower Largo....
  • Wellwood
    Wellwood, Fife

    Wellwood is a small village to the north of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was named after the Wellwoods who used to own coalmines in the area....
    , West Wemyss
    West Wemyss

    West Wemyss is a village lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The settlement grew around the site of Wemyss Castle and became a centre for the salt industry....
    , Windygates
    Windygates

    Windygates is a small district in central Fife.It encompasses the villages hamlets and estates of Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw , Cameron, Isabella, Smithyhill, Cameronbridge, Bridgend, Durie Estate , Duniface Farm, Haughmill , Drumcaldie, The Meetings , Bankhead of Balcurvie, Fernhill, Fernbank , Balcurvie Villag...
    , Woodhaven
    Woodhaven, Fife

    Woodhaven used to be a small village between Newport-on-Tay and Wormit in Fife, Scotland but over the years due to expansion of both these villages it is now just the name for a harbour....
    , Wormit
    Wormit

    Wormit is a small town located on the banks of the Firth of Tay in north east Fife, Scotland. It is most famous for its railway station at the southern end of the Tay Rail Bridge....
  • High and Low Valleyfield
    Valleyfield, Fife

    High Valleyfield and Low Valleyfield are neighbouring villages in Fife, Scotland, midway between Dunfermline and Kincardine-on-Forth. Low Valleyfield is on the shore of the Firth of Forth, High Valleyfield on the ridge immediately to the north....


Places of interest


  • Balmerino Abbey
    Balmerino Abbey

    Balmerino Abbey, or St Edward's Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland, was a Cistercians monastic community founded in 1227 to 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland....
  • Dogton Stone
  • Dunfermline Abbey
    Dunfermline Abbey

    Dunfermline Abbey is a large Benedictine abbey in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was administered by the Abbot of Dunfermline. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland, but the monastic establishment was based on an earlier foundation dating back to the reign of King Malcolm III of Scotland ....
  • Falkland Palace
    Falkland Palace

    Falkland Palace in Fife, Scotland is a former royal palace of the King of Scots. Today it is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, and serves as a tourist attraction....
  • Fife Coastal Path
    Fife Coastal Path

    The Fife Coastal Path is a Scotland long distance footpath that runs from North Queensferry to Tayport, by the Tay Bridge. The path was created in 2002 and runs for 82 miles along the coastline of Fife....
  • Fife Folk Museum
  • Forth Bridge
    Forth Bridge (railway)

    The Forth Bridge is a cantilever bridge railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 km west of central Edinburgh....
  • Kellie Castle
    Kellie Castle

    Kellie Castle is a castle just outside Arncroach, about 5 kilometres north of Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland....
  • Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery
    Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery

    Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery is the main museum and exhibition space in Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland. The art gallery holds the largest collection of paintings by Scottish Colourists - J....
  • Lomond Hills
    Lomond Hills

    The Lomond Hills lie in the centre of Fife, Scotland. At 522m West Lomond is the highest point in the county....
  • RAF Leuchars
    RAF Leuchars

    RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. It is located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the university town of St Andrews....
  • Scotstarvit Tower
    Scotstarvit Tower

    Scotstarvit Tower is a tower house in Fife, Scotland. It is situated south of Cupar, between Tarvit Hill and Walton Hill, Fife, south of the River Eden, Fife, near the A916....
  • Scottish Fisheries Museum
    Scottish Fisheries Museum

    The Scottish Fisheries Museum is an award-winning museum in Anstruther, Fife, that records the history of the Scotland Scottish fishing industry and its people from earliest times to the present day....
  • The Old Course
  • St. Andrews Botanic Gardens
  • Tay Rail Bridge
    Tay Rail Bridge

    The Tay Bridge is a railway bridge approximately two and a quarter miles long that spans the Firth of Tay in Scotland, between the city of Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife ....
  • Tay Road Bridge
    Tay Road Bridge

    The Tay Road Bridge is an important road bridge in Scotland. It crosses the Firth of Tay from Newport-on-Tay in Fife to Dundee.It is around 1.4 miles long, making it one of the longest bridges in Europe, and slopes gradually downward towards Dundee....
  • Tentsmuir Forest
    Tentsmuir Forest

    Tentsmuir Forest in Fife, Scotland, stands next to Kinshaldy Beach with a view across the Firth of Tay. Covering some 50 square miles, the area was originally moorland before acquisition by the Forestry Commission in the 1920s....


Notable Fifers

  • Robert Adam
    Robert Adam

    Robert Adam was a Scotland neoclassicism architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him....
    , architect
  • Stuart Adamson
    Stuart Adamson

    Stuart Adamson , was an English-born Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He founded the top-40 Scottish art-punk band The Skids and later the more mainstream rock group Big Country, as well as the 1990s alternative country rock act, The Raphaels....
    , Musician (Big Country
    Big Country

    Big Country were a Rock band from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a cult following....
    )
  • Ian Anderson
    Ian Anderson (musician)

    Ian Scott Anderson, Order of the British Empire is a Scotland singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the head of British rock and roll band Jethro Tull ....
    , musician, frontman of Jethro Tull
    Jethro Tull (band)

    Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
  • Iain Banks
    Iain Banks

    Iain Menzies Banks is a Scottish people writer. He writes mainstream fiction under his birth name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M....
    , writer
  • Jim Baxter
    Jim Baxter

    James Curran Baxter, was a left-footed Scotland midfielder who is regarded by some as the country's greatest ever football player. He was born, educated and started his career in Fife, but his peak playing years were in the early 1960s with the Glasgow club Rangers F.C., whom he helped to win ten trophies between 1960 and 1965, and where he...
    , footballer
  • Edith Bowman
    Edith Bowman

    Edith Eleanor Bowman is a Scotland music critic and presenter of radio and television. She is mostly known for hosting a weekday afternoon radio slot on BBC Radio 1 and for presenting a variety of music related television shows and music festivals ....
    , Radio 1 DJ
  • Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie was a Scotland-born United States industrialist, List of business people, and a major philanthropist. He was an immigrant as a child with his parents....
    , industrialist and philanthropist
    Philanthropist

    A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
  • Kenneth Cranham
    Kenneth Cranham

    Kenneth Cranham is a film, television and stage actor who has appeared in Layer Cake , Gangster No. 1, Rome , Oliver! and many other films....
    , actor
  • Jim Clark
    Jim Clark

    Jim Clark Officer of the Order of the British Empire was a Scotland Formula One Auto racing.He was the dominant driver of his era, winning two List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions, in 1963 and 1965....
    , driver
  • Barbara Dickson
    Barbara Dickson

    Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE is a Scotland singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" and "January February". She is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress with roles including Anita Braithwaite in TV's 'Band of Gold' and the original Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell's long-running musical 'Blood Brothers'....
    , singer and actress
  • Philip Charles Durham
    Philip Charles Durham

    Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, Order of the Bath was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial....
    , sailor and captain of HMS
    Her Majesty's Ship

    His or Her Majesty's Ship is the ship prefix used for ships of the navy in some monarchies, either formally or informally....
     Defiance
    HMS Defiance (1783)

    HMS Defiance was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Randall and Co., at Rotherhithe on the River Thames, and launched on 10 December 1783....
     at Trafalgar
    Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
  • John Forbes
    John Forbes (General)

    John Forbes was a British general in the French and Indian War. He is best known for leading the Battle of Fort Duquesne that captured the France outpost at Fort Duquesne and for naming the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after British Secretary of State William Pitt the Elder....
    , general
  • Shirley Henderson
    Shirley Henderson

    Shirley Henderson is an award-winning Scotland actor....
    , actress
  • Deborah Knox
    Deborah Knox

    Deborah "Debbie" Knox is a Scotland curling from Lochgelly.Knox was a member of the gold medal winning British team at the 2002 Winter Olympics....
    , Olympic Gold medallist
  • Val McDermid
    Val McDermid

    Val McDermid is a Scotland crime writer....
    , writer
  • Ian Rankin
    Ian Rankin

    Ian Rankin Order of the British Empire, Deputy Lieutenant, is a Scotland crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels....
    , writer
  • Craig and Charlie Reid, better known as The Proclaimers
    The Proclaimers

    The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of Twin#Monozygotic twins Charlie and Craig Reid . They are best known for the songs Letter from America , I'm on My Way , and I'm Gonna Be ....
  • Craig Russell (British author)
    Craig Russell (British author)

    Craig Russell is a British-born novelist and short story writer. His Hamburg-set thriller series featuring detective Jan Fabel has been translated into 23 languages....
    , writer
  • Dougray Scott
    Dougray Scott

    Dougray Scott is a Scottish people actor....
    , actor
  • Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk

    Alexander Selkirk, born Alexander Selcraig , was a Scotland sailor who spent four years as a castaway when he was marooning on an uninhabited island....
    , seafarer and inspiration for Robinson Crusoe
    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It was first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character, an English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Indigenous peoples of the Americas, captives, and mu...
  • Sir Jimmy Shand
    Jimmy Shand

    Sir James Shand Order of the British Empire was a Scotland musician who played traditional Scottish dance music on the accordion....
    , accordion player
  • Adam Smith
    Adam Smith

    Adam Smith was a Scotland Ethics and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations....
    , economist
  • Michaela Tabb
    Michaela Tabb

    Michaela Tabb is the world's leading female snooker and Pocket billiards referee. She resides in Dunfermline, Scotland with her husband Scottish pool player Ross McInnes and their two children....
    , first female snooker referee to appear on the Crucible
  • KT Tunstall
    KT Tunstall

    'Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall' is a Scotland singer-songwriter and guitarist. She broke into the public eye with a live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later......
    , musician
  • Jack Vettriano
    Jack Vettriano

    Jack Vettriano Order of the British Empire born Jack Hoggan , is a Scotland Painting....
    , artist
  • James Wilson
    James Wilson

    James Wilson , was a Scotland lawyer, most notable as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was twice elected to the Continental Congress, a major force in the drafting of the United States Constitution, a leading legal theoretician and one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Cour...
    , signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence, appointed by Geo. Washington to first Supreme Court
  • James Yorkston
    James Yorkston

    James Yorkston is a Scotland folk musician.A native of Fife, James Yorkston was an integral early member of the Fence Collective whose reach across contemporary music continues to lengthen: King Creosote, The Aliens, KT Tunstall, The Beta Band....
    , musician

Sports

  • Cowdenbeath F.C.
    Cowdenbeath F.C.

    Cowdenbeath Football Club are a part-time professional Scotland football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Scottish Football League Third Division of the Scottish Football League....
    , senior football club based in Cowdenbeath
  • Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
    Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

    Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scotland Football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They play at East End Park, Dunfermline and are nicknamed The Pars....
    , senior football club based in Dunfermline
  • East Fife F.C.
    East Fife F.C.

    East Fife are one of four senior clubs based in the Fife region but are the only one to bear...
    , senior football club based in Methil
  • Raith Rovers F.C.
    Raith Rovers F.C.

    Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scotland professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Scottish Football League Second Division....
    , senior football club based in Kirkcaldy
  • Fife Flyers
    Fife Flyers

    The Fife Flyers, established in 1938, are the oldest ice hockey team in the country of Scotland, and also in the United Kingdom, beating the Nottingham Panthers by some 10 years....
    , the UK's oldest ice hockey
    Ice hockey

    Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
     club
  • Dunfermline RFC
    Dunfermline RFC

    Dunfermline Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team from Dunfermline, Fife.Established in 1893 the club play their home games at McKane Park....
    , Rugby Union club
  • Fife Southern RFC, Rugby Union club based in Rosyth
  • Glenrothes RFC, Rugby Union club
  • Howe of Fife RFC, Rugby Union club based in Cupar
  • Kirkcaldy RFC
    Kirkcaldy RFC

    Kirkcaldy Rugby Football Club are a rugby union side from Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.The team was established in 1873 and currently play in Premiership Division Three. Their home games are at Kirkcaldy#Beveridge_Park....
    , Rugby Union club
  • Fife Lions
    Fife Lions

    Fife Lions ARLFC are a rugby league club located in the east of Scotland. They play in the Rugby League Conference Scotland Division of the Rugby League Conference....
    , Rugby League club
  • Aberdour Shinty Club
    Aberdour Shinty Club

    Aberdour Shinty Club is a shinty club which plays in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. It is the only senior Shinty Club in Fife and was founded in 2001....
    , the only senior shinty
    Shinty

    Shinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played almost exclusively in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas where Scottish Highlanders mi...
     club in Fife.
  • Madras College Former Pupil's Hockey Club
  • St Andrews University Hockey Club
  • St Andrews University Football Club


Council political composition

Fife Council has a joint SNP/Liberal Democrat local government administration. Labour and the other parties form the opposition.

  • Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
     - 24
  • Scottish National Party
    Scottish National Party

    The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
     - 23
  • Liberal Democrat
    Scottish Liberal Democrats

    The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the Federation structure of the Liberal Democrats; the others being the Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Liberal Democrats parties....
     - 21
  • Conservative
    Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

    The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party is the part of the Conservative Party that operates in Scotland. It was established in 1965, when the previously separate Unionist Party was merged into the Conservative Party of England and Wales, to form the basis of the modern UK Conservative Party ....
     - 5
  • Independent
    Independent (politician)

    In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
     - 3
  • Left Alliance
    Left Alliance (Scotland)

    The Left Alliance are a small political party operating in Fife Scotland.They currently have two seats on Fife council, out of a total of 78 councillors....
     - 2


Media

Local papers are published for the Fife Audience

D.C. Thompsons publish North East Fife and Fife Editions of the [Dundee Courier], and the Counties Edition of the [Evening Telegraph] is sold in Fife.

Localy published newspapers include

  • East Fife Mail
  • Fife Herald (Cupar)
  • Fife Herald and Post (Dunfermline)
  • Glenrothes Gazette
  • St Andrews Citizen
  • Fife Leader
  • Fife Free Press
  • Dunfermline Press
    Dunfermline Press

    The Dunfermline Press and West Fife Advertiser is a weekly Scotland broadsheet newspaper, based in Dunfermline, Fife. With average sales of 21,852 the newspaper is read by more people in the Dunfermline area than the other quality newspapers combined....


The local radio station Kingdom FM
Kingdom FM

Kingdom FM is a radio station serving the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland as an Adult Contemporary station. KingdomFM is based in Markinch - on the outskirts of Glenrothes in central Fife....
 competes with Dundee's Radio Tay
Radio Tay

Radio Tay is a division of Bauer Radio company which broadcasts two Independent Local Radio stations throughout Tayside and northeast Fife in Scotland....
 and Edinburgh's 97.3 Forth One
97.3 Forth One

97.3 Forth One is a Scotland radio station owned by Bauer Radio. Currently, the station is part of the Big City Network.Forth One broadcasts to Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife including other areas of East Central Scotland and is based in Forth Street in Edinburgh?s city centre....
 as well as Real Radio (Scotland)
Real Radio (Scotland)

Real Radio Scotland is an independent local radio station within the Real Radio brand and was the UK's Commercial Radio Station of the Year 2007...
 as well as other national media.

BBC Scotland services cover Scotland as a whole.

Trivia

In William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
's play Macbeth
Macbeth

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest Shakespearean tragedy and is believed to have been written some time between 1603 and 1606, with 1607 being the very latest possible date....
, the Thane
Thegn

File:Map of thegn runestones.jpgThe term thegn , from Old English ?egn, ?egn "servant, attendant, retainer", is commonly employed by historians to describe either an aristocratic retainer of a king or nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, or as a class term, the majority of the aristocracy below the ranks of ealdormen and high-reeves....
 of Fife is Macduff
Macduff (thane)

Macduff, the Thegn of Fife, is a character in Shakespeare's Macbeth . He suspects Macbeth of regicide and slays him off-stage in the final act....
.

See also

  • Historic houses in Scotland
    Historic houses in Scotland

    Historic houses in Scotland is a link page for any mansion, palace, country house, stately home or other historic house in Scotland.See also: List of castles in Scotland...
  • Museums in Scotland
  • Abbeys and priories in Scotland
    Abbeys and priories in Scotland

    List of religious houses in Scotland is a link page to any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Scotland....
  • Castles in Scotland
    Castles in Scotland

    This list of castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland.The first castles were built in Scotland in the 11th and 12th centuries, with the introduction of Normans influence....
  • List of places in Fife
    List of places in Fife

    This List of places in Fife is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet , castle, golf course, historic house, hillfort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other place of interest in Fife, Scotland....


External links