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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]
Lynburn Primary School is located on Nith Street near the centre of the estate, its catchment covers most of the area. It opened in the 1960s. [1] Pitcorthie Primary School, which opened in 1954, [2] was located on Aberdour Road to the south of the estate, it closed in July 2015. [3] Woodmill High School is on Shields Road in the north of the ...
The KY postcode area, also known as the Kirkcaldy postcode area, [2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in eastern Scotland, within thirteen post towns.These cover most of Fife (including Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, St Andrews, Anstruther, Burntisland, Cowdenbeath, Cupar, Inverkeithing, Kelty, Leven and Lochgelly), plus the far south of Perth and Kinross (including Kinross itself).
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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The building was commissioned in July 1807 by the guilds of the local merchants who wanted Dunfermline to become the county town of Fife. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The site they selected was on the south side of the High Street, close to the mercat cross . [ 4 ]
Fife was one of Scotland's historic counties, with a Fife County Council existing from 1890 to 1975.In 1975 Fife became a region with three lower-tier district councils: Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, and North-East Fife. [6]
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]