Kingseat

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 (2022)[1]
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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56°05′51″N 3°24′28″W / 56.09737°N 3.40765°W / 56.09737; -3.40765

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 the mid 1800s.[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, and formerly a shop with a post office.[8]

There used to be a hotel in the centre of the village, The Halfway House, but it closed unexpectedly in early 2015.[9] The building was demolished in November 2020.[10]

The village does not have its own primary school and instead falls under the catchment area for Townhill Primary School.[11]

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. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Fife Place-name Data :: Kingseat". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.
  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. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Kingseat Community Leisure Centre". www.fifedirect.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Kingseat Bowling Club". bowlsclub.org. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Businesses in Kingseat". www.kingseat.info. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Villagers uncertain over Kingseat hotel's future". Dunfermline Press. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  10. ^ "End of an era as hotel comes down". Dunfermline Press. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Townhill Primary School". fifedirect.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.