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Map of places in Fife compiled from this list This list of places in Fife is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, mansion, hillfort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other places of interest in the Fife council area of Scotland. Aberdour Castle Anstruther Balgonie Castle Balmerino Abbey Culross Palace Dairsie Castle Dalgety Bay Dysart Falkland ...
Links Market. The Links Market in Kirkcaldy, Fife is Europe's longest street fair [1] and the oldest in Scotland.Established in 1304, the annual six-day event attracts between 200,000 and 300,000 visitors [2] to the town. 2004 was the 700th anniversary of the event, with 225 attractions and an estimated attendance of more than half a million visitors. [3]
Kingsbarns is a village and parish in Scotland lies near the eastern coast of Fife, in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southeast of St Andrews and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north of Crail. The name derives from the area being the location of the barns used to store grain before being transported to the Palace at Falkland.
The town holds many events throughout the year such as the bi-annual Forfar Mara-Fun, which raises money for charity, and the annual Forfar Food Festival highlighting some of the local food. There is also a monthly farmers' market. Forfar is home to the Strathmore Mineral Water Co., Ltd., a bottled mineral water producer now run by AG Barr.
The climate of Scotland is temperate and very changeable, but rarely extreme. [6] Scotland is warmed by the North Atlantic Drift and given the northerly location of the country, experiences much milder conditions than areas on similar latitudes. Average temperatures are lower than in the rest of Great Britain.
Crail market cross is located in Crail, Fife, Scotland. Erected in the early 17th century and now Category B listed, it is a mercat cross with a square chamfered shaft set on a stepped base. It has a capital and unicorn finial, added in 1887 by Fife architect John Currie. [1] The cross stands just to the north of Crail Tolbooth and Town Hall.
On the coast, 1 km west of Earlsferry, beneath the Fife Coastal Path, the Elie Chain Walk passes down the cliff faces to the tidal beaches. [28] The route, which should only be used during low tides, has chains fixed to the cliffs and rocks of the shore to assist progress, and is sometimes referred to as Scotland's secret via ferrata (Iron path ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:15, 26 September 2010: 1,425 × 1,152 (1.61 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of Fife, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 17