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A four-bin collection is in place for the majority of residents living within Fife. [158] Dunfermline has one recycling centre and several recycling points, all operated by the local authority, Fife Council. [159] [160] Non-hazardous waste is sent to landfill at Lochhead, near the town and Lower Melville Wood, near Ladybank. [161]
All council-run leisure centres will close at 14:00 GMT on Tuesday 24 December and Tuesday 31 December. Libraries across the county will close from 13:00 on Tuesday 24 December or as usual if due ...
The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, dedicated to the life of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, "one of the great Scots of the 19th century.". [1] The museum is operated by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust [2] and is housed in a category B listed building ...
The Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened in Dunfermline, Scotland, on 29 August 1883 and was the world's first Carnegie Library funded by the Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was designed by Edinburgh architect James Campbell Walker who also designed the nearby Dunfermline City Chambers. Andrew Carnegie ...
Dunfermline Abbey. The Benedictine priory was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1128 by David II, with Prior Geoffrey in place as the first abbot. [2] [3] During the course of several decades, the abbey gained power and wealth in Dunfermline with the dedication of 26 altars being gifted by the individuals and guilds and the bishop of Dunfermline controlled a large piece of land from Moray to ...
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As its name suggests, the district was centred on Dunfermline, an important royal burgh in the historic county of Fife.The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts.
The village also has a primary school which was opened in 1875 by Thomas Spowart, the chairman of the Dunfermline Parish School Board, [13] and extended in 2011. The school serves the villages of Townhill and Kingseat, as well as part of North Dunfermline. [14] As of September 15, 2016 the school had 254 pupils. [15]