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

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]

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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