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

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.

A92 road → passesNear → Glenrothes ⓘ
River Leven → passesNear → Glenrothes ⓘ
subject surface form: River Leven (Fife)
Glenrothes → postalTown → Glenrothes self-link ⓘ
Peter Grant → represents → Glenrothes ⓘ
B969 road → serves → Glenrothes ⓘ
Fife Circle Line → serves → Glenrothes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glenrothes with Thornton
Markinch railway station → serves → Glenrothes ⓘ
Peter Grant → workLocation → Glenrothes ⓘ