Glenrothes

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new town town

Glenrothes is a planned new town in central Fife, Scotland, serving as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding region.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Glenrothes with Thornton	7
Glenrothes town centre	3
Glenrothes Central and Thornton	1
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch	1
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie	1
Glenrothes area	1
Glenrothes, Scotland	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	new town ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeCentreOf	Fife Council ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
developedBy	Glenrothes Development Corporation ⓘ
dialingCode	+44 1592 ⓘ
distanceToDundee	approximately 27 miles ⓘ
distanceToEdinburgh	approximately 30 miles ⓘ
distanceToKirkcaldy	approximately 8 miles ⓘ
distanceToPerth	approximately 23 miles ⓘ
foundedAs	planned new town ⓘ
governingBody	Fife Council ⓘ
hasBusStation	Glenrothes bus station ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Fife College (Dunfermline campus) ⓘ surface form: Fife College Glenrothes campus
hasGolfCourse	Glenrothes Golf Course ⓘ
hasIndustrialArea	Glenrothes industrial estates ⓘ
hasNeighbouringSettlement	Cardenden ⓘ Cupar ⓘ Kirkcaldy ⓘ Leslie ⓘ Markinch ⓘ
hasPark	Balbirnie Park ⓘ Riverside Park ⓘ
hasPublicArt	The Glenrothes Hippos ⓘ The Good Samaritan statue ⓘ
hasShoppingCentre	Kingdom Shopping Centre ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Boblingen ⓘ Gagny ⓘ
inception	1948 ⓘ
locatedIn	Fife ⓘ Fife ⓘ surface form: central Fife
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Fife ⓘ surface form: Fife council area
locatedInTimeZone	Europe/London ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	River Leven ⓘ
nearestRailwayStation	Markinch railway station ⓘ
originalPurpose	to provide housing for workers at coal mines and industry in central Fife ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyScotland	Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyUK	Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Fife ⓘ
postalTown	Glenrothes self-link ⓘ
postcodeArea	KY ⓘ
region	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
roadServedBy	A92 road ⓘ B969 road ⓘ
role	administrative hub for central Fife ⓘ commercial hub for central Fife ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Fife → administrativeCentre → Glenrothes ⓘ

GLT → associatedSettlement → Glenrothes ⓘ

Glenrothes Development Corporation → basedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → centeredOn → Glenrothes ⓘ

A92 → connects → Glenrothes ⓘ

A92 road → connects → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes area

Fife Circle services → connects → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes with Thornton

Aberdour railway station → connectsTo → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes with Thornton

Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station → connectsTo → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes with Thornton

Lochgelly railway station → connectsTo → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes with Thornton

Peter Grant → constituency → Glenrothes ⓘ

Lothian and Fife → containsCity → Glenrothes ⓘ

Kingdom of Fife council area → containsSettlement → Glenrothes ⓘ

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → containsTown → Glenrothes ⓘ

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → containsWard → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes Central and Thornton

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → containsWard → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → containsWard → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

Fife → hasAdministrativeCentre → Glenrothes ⓘ

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → hasMainSettlement → Glenrothes ⓘ

Leslie → hasNearbySettlement → Glenrothes ⓘ

Leven → hasNearbySettlement → Glenrothes ⓘ

Scottish new towns programme → hasPlannedCommunity → Glenrothes ⓘ

Leslie → hasPostTown → Glenrothes ⓘ

Kirkcaldy railway station → hasServiceTo → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes with Thornton

Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) → hasSettlement → Glenrothes ⓘ

GLT → hasStationName → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes with Thornton

eastern Scotland → hasTown → Glenrothes ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Scotland

Kingdom of Fife → hasTown → Glenrothes ⓘ

Fife Council → headquartersLocation → Glenrothes ⓘ

B969 road → isInTown → Glenrothes ⓘ

Kingdom Shopping Centre → isPartOf → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes town centre

B969 road → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

Balbirnie House → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

Balbirnie Park → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

Fife House → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

Glenrothes Golf Course → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

Kingdom Shopping Centre → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

Riverside Park → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

subject surface form: Riverside Park (Glenrothes)

The Good Samaritan statue → locatedIn → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes, Scotland

Leslie → locatedNear → Glenrothes ⓘ

Leven (nearby, on Levenmouth rail link) → locatedNear → Glenrothes ⓘ

subject surface form: Leven

Markinch → locatedNear → Glenrothes ⓘ

Markinch railway station → locatedNear → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes town centre

Thornton → locatedNear → Glenrothes ⓘ

The Glenrothes Hippos → location → Glenrothes ⓘ

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → namedAfter → Glenrothes ⓘ

Balbirnie House → near → Glenrothes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glenrothes town centre

Lomond Hills → near → Glenrothes ⓘ

Methil → near → Glenrothes ⓘ