Kingseat

Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Dunfermline. It was originally a coal mining village with the first pits sunk in the area in 1800.[2] The name of the village is thought locally to have originated from when the king would visit the area[3] to look out onto the River Forth and to Arthur's Seat.[4]

This article is about the village in Fife, Scotland. For the village in Aberdeenshire, see Kingseat, Aberdeenshire. For the community in New Zealand, see Kingseat, Auckland.
Kingseat
Halfway House Hotel in the centre of the village
Kingseat is located in Fife
Kingseat
Kingseat
Location within Fife
Population860 (mid-2020 est.)[1]
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Amenities

The village has a public park which includes a play area and a football pitch.[5] There is also a Community Leisure Centre,[6] a bowling club,[7] a cattery,[8] and formerly a shop with a post office.[9] The shop and post office has now been converted into a house.

There used to be a hotel in the centre of the village, The Halfway House, but it closed unexpectedly in early 2015.[10] The building was demolished in November 2020.[11]

The village does not have its own primary school and instead falls under the catchment area for Townhill Primary School.[12]

References
  1. "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. "Home". kingseat.info. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. "Fife Place-name Data :: Kingseat". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
  4. Pitcairn, Sheila (2000). History of the Old "Fitpaths"and Streets of Dunfermline, Then and Now, Also Crossford, Halbeath, Rosyth, Townhill & Wellwood. Dunfermline: Pitcairn Publications. p. 449.
  5. "Kingseat Public Park". www.fifedirect.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. "Kingseat Community Leisure Centre". www.fifedirect.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. "Kingseat Bowling Club". bowlsclub.org. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  8. "Lochview Cattery - Home". www.lochviewcattery.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. "Businesses in Kingseat". www.kingseat.info. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  10. "Villagers uncertain over Kingseat hotel's future". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  11. "End of an era as hotel comes down". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  12. "Townhill Primary School". fifedirect.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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