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Dunfermline & West Fife Visitor Guide Dunfermline & West Fife welcometofife.com Dunfermline & West Fife 1 Contents Welcome One of the best connected Ancient capital 4 destinations in Scotland, West Culross 7 Fife is home to ancient capital Dunfermline as well as pretty Green spaces 10 villages, great walking and cycling Great outdoors 12 routes, golf, beaches, shopping and Golf 14 lots to do. Rich in historical interest Forth bridges 15 and with a host of attractions Events 20 including Knockhill Racing Circuit Nights out 21 and Deep Sea World, West Fife is a fascinating place to visit and an Eating out 22 excellent base for a touring holiday. Food and drink 23 It’s just a short journey across the Accommodation 24 Forth from Edinburgh and as the Shopping 26 gateway to the rest of Fife it’s within Heritage quarter 27 easy reach of the fishing villages Andrew Carnegie 28 of the East Neuk and the golfing paradise of St Andrews. Statue of Dunfermline map 30 Dunfermline’s Coastal Path map 31 famous son, Andrew Carnegie Dunfermline & West Fife Local Tourism Association is Fun at Dunfermline’s Festival welcome to part of Fife’s Tourism Partnership, made up of a range of businesses within Fife’s tourism sector. Its aim is Dunfermline to ensure that visitors experience the very best that the region has to offer, showcasing its natural assets, attractions and heritage and illustrating that the region & West Fife is an ideal destination for a holiday, short break or as a base for touring. Tourism businesses interested in becoming involved in Fife’s Tourism Partnership should go to tourismnetfife.co.uk for more information. This guide is published by Dunfermline & West Fife LTA The Dunfermline & West Fife Local Tourism Association in good faith based on the information provided by organisations within Fife’s tourism industry. Dunfermline welcomes comments from visitors to the region. & West Fife LTA has taken reasonable steps to confirm the information contained in the guide is correct at the What have you enjoyed? time of going to press. It cannot guarantee that the information is and remains accurate. Dunfermline & West Fife LTA accepts no responsibility for any error or What can we improve? misrepresentation contained in the guide and excludes all liability for loss or damage caused by any reliance Please let us know at www.welcometofife.com placed on the information contained in the guide. References made in the guide to specific businesses do Credits: not indicate any recommendation or preference and are Front cover photograph: Dunfermline Abbey from Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries: image Fife Cultural only made for illustrative purposes. Dunfermline & West Trust Fife LTA cannot accept any liability for loss caused by the bankruptcy, or liquidation, or insolvency, or cessation of Content: McGann Greenwood Communications, Jane Livingstone. Design: Derek Munn. any company, firm or individual contained in this guide. Images: Fife Council and contributors as indicated 2 Dunfermline & West Fife Maps are based on KFMCW dataset © Stirling Surveys / Fife Council 2011. Dunfermline & West Fife 3 Minor revisions compiled from OS OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2011. Contents Welcome One of the best connected Ancient capital 4 destinations in Scotland, West Culross 7 Fife is home to ancient capital Dunfermline as well as pretty Green spaces 10 villages, great walking and cycling Great outdoors 12 routes, golf, beaches, shopping and Golf 14 lots to do. Rich in historical interest Forth bridges 15 and with a host of attractions Events 20 including Knockhill Racing Circuit Nights out 21 and Deep Sea World, West Fife is a fascinating place to visit and an Eating out 22 excellent base for a touring holiday. Food and drink 23 It’s just a short journey across the Accommodation 24 Forth from Edinburgh and as the Shopping 26 gateway to the rest of Fife it’s within Heritage quarter 27 easy reach of the fishing villages Andrew Carnegie 28 of the East Neuk and the golfing paradise of St Andrews. Statue of Dunfermline map 30 Dunfermline’s Coastal Path map 31 famous son, Andrew Carnegie Dunfermline & West Fife Local Tourism Association is Fun at Dunfermline’s Festival welcome to part of Fife’s Tourism Partnership, made up of a range of businesses within Fife’s tourism sector. Its aim is Dunfermline to ensure that visitors experience the very best that the region has to offer, showcasing its natural assets, attractions and heritage and illustrating that the region & West Fife is an ideal destination for a holiday, short break or as a base for touring. Tourism businesses interested in becoming involved in Fife’s Tourism Partnership should go to tourismnetfife.co.uk for more information. This guide is published by Dunfermline & West Fife LTA The Dunfermline & West Fife Local Tourism Association in good faith based on the information provided by organisations within Fife’s tourism industry. Dunfermline welcomes comments from visitors to the region. & West Fife LTA has taken reasonable steps to confirm the information contained in the guide is correct at the What have you enjoyed? time of going to press. It cannot guarantee that the information is and remains accurate. Dunfermline & West Fife LTA accepts no responsibility for any error or What can we improve? misrepresentation contained in the guide and excludes all liability for loss or damage caused by any reliance Please let us know at www.welcometofife.com placed on the information contained in the guide. References made in the guide to specific businesses do Credits: not indicate any recommendation or preference and are Front cover photograph: Dunfermline Abbey from Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries: image Fife Cultural only made for illustrative purposes. Dunfermline & West Trust Fife LTA cannot accept any liability for loss caused by the bankruptcy, or liquidation, or insolvency, or cessation of Content: McGann Greenwood Communications, Jane Livingstone. Design: Derek Munn. any company, firm or individual contained in this guide. Images: Fife Council and contributors as indicated 2 Dunfermline & West Fife Maps are based on KFMCW dataset © Stirling Surveys / Fife Council 2011. Dunfermline & West Fife 3 Minor revisions compiled from OS OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2011. 506 1st record of settlement 1058 Malcolm Canmore Ancient capital becomes King of Scotland Dunfermline becomes Scotland’s capital 1072 Queen Margaret Discover West Fife’s establishes Priory rich history which 1128 Work begins on Dunfermline Abbey lies at the heart of 1249 Queen Margaret The king sits in becomes Saint Margaret Scotland’s story Dunfermline toun 1291 Coal mining begins 1329 Robert the Bruce buried Drinking the blude red in Dunfermline Abbey wine 1597 Culross Palace built 1603 Royal Court moves to Oh whar can I find a London skeely skipper 1624 Dunfermline city fire 1718 Damask weaving begins To sail this ship of mine? 1758 General John Forbes founds Pittsburgh, USA Home to kings, queens, saints Burial site of Kings 1835 Andrew Carnegie is born and heroes, Dunfermline Malcolm Canmore and six other Scottish Kings 1848 Andrew Carnegie became the capital of are buried in Dunfermline Abbey with the grave of Robert the Bruce located beneath emigrates to USA st Scotland when Malcolm the pulpit. Bruce’s heart was removed to be 1883 1 Carnegie Library Canmore succeeded to the taken to the Holy Land as he had wished. It opens in Dunfermline 1890 Forth Rail Bridge opens throne in 1058. His wife never made it and now lies in Melrose Abbey. 1903 Pittencrieff Park gifted to Margaret was a devout Queen Margaret was buried in the Abbey: her Dunfermline by Carnegie Catholic who founded a Dunfermline Abbey 5 Shrine drew pilgrims from around the world church and monastery in the Dunfermline’s most iconic landmark is the magnificent throughout the Middle Ages. 1909 Naval Dockyard Norman Abbey. It was built by David I in 1128 on the established at Rosyth town. She was canonised in Image shows interior of Dunfermline Abbey specially site of the Benedictine priory founded by his mother 1249, becoming St Margaret lit for the The Pilgrim son et lumiere event in 2008 1964 Forth Road Bridge opens Queen Margaret. The original foundations of Margaret’s Photo courtesy of Tim Fitzpatrick of Scotland. Malcolm church can still be seen through a grating in the Abbey 2015 Forth Bridge inscribed and Margaret are one of nave floor. Over the centuries, the Abbey became a UNESCO World Heritage Site Scotland’s most famous mix of architectural styles but the superb nave with its 2017 Dunfermline Carnegie massive pillars and rare Norman decorations can still Library and Galleries open historical couples. Queensferry Crossing opens be admired. The newer part of the Abbey was built in 4 Dunfermline & West Fife the 19th Century and continues to be an active parish Dunfermline & West Fife 5 church. 506 1st record of settlement 1058 Malcolm Canmore Ancient capital becomes King of Scotland Dunfermline becomes Scotland’s capital 1072 Queen Margaret Discover West Fife’s establishes Priory rich history which 1128 Work begins on Dunfermline Abbey lies at the heart of 1249 Queen Margaret The king sits in becomes Saint Margaret Scotland’s story Dunfermline toun 1291 Coal mining begins 1329 Robert the Bruce buried Drinking the blude red in Dunfermline Abbey wine 1597 Culross Palace built 1603 Royal Court moves to Oh whar can I find a London skeely skipper 1624 Dunfermline city fire 1718 Damask weaving begins To sail this ship of mine? 1758 General John Forbes founds Pittsburgh, USA Home to kings, queens, saints Burial site of Kings 1835 Andrew Carnegie is born and heroes, Dunfermline Malcolm Canmore and six other Scottish Kings 1848 Andrew Carnegie became the capital of are buried in Dunfermline Abbey with the grave of Robert the Bruce located beneath emigrates to USA st Scotland when Malcolm the pulpit.
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