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Glenrothes, Fife

Glenrothes is a large town in Fife. Planned in the late 1940s as a new town, it became established between the 1970s to the 1990s as a major industrial centre in Scotland's "Silicon Glen". The land which Glenrothes now occupies was largely agricultural, and once contained a number of small rural communities and the hamlets of Cadham[30] and Woodside. The town is within the council area of Fife.

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Fife
Lat, Long: 56.195242,-3.171338
Grid Reference: NO 2741 0090
Civil Parish: Markinch CP
Council Area: Fife CA
Police Area: Scotland (Fife) PA
Devolved Legislature:  Scottish Parliament

GBPN ID: 17954
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Glenrothes,_Fife_17954

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