Kingseat

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.[1] The name of the village is thought locally to have originated from when the king would visit the area[2] to look out onto the River Forth and to Arthur's Seat.[3]

This article is about the village in Scotland. For the community in New Zealand, see Kingseat, Auckland.
Halfway House Hotel in the centre of the village

Amenities

The village has a public park which includes a play area and a football pitch.[4] There is also a Community Leisure Centre,[5] a bowling club,[6] a cattery,[7] and 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 village does not have its own primary school and instead falls under the catchment area for Townhill Primary School.[10]

References
  1. "Home". kingseat.info. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. "Fife Place-name Data :: Kingseat". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
  3. 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.
  4. "Kingseat Public Park". www.fifedirect.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. "Kingseat Community Leisure Centre". www.fifedirect.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. "Kingseat Bowling Club". bowlsclub.org. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. "Lochview Cattery - Home". www.lochviewcattery.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  8. "Businesses in Kingseat". www.kingseat.info. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. "Villagers uncertain over Kingseat hotel's future". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  10. "Townhill Primary School". fifedirect.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

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