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Bowershall

Bowershall is a village in Fife, Scotland, UK, situated near Craigluscar Hill, two miles north of Dunfermline, one mile north of Townhill, and to the west of Loch Fitty, south of the B915.

The place

Bowershall is a village in Fife, Scotland, UK, situated near Craigluscar Hill, two miles north of Dunfermline, one mile north of Townhill, and to the west of Loch Fitty, south of the B915.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bowershall

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Dunfermline Abbey

    Dunfermline Abbey is a Church of Scotland parish church in Dunfermline, Scotland. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair.

    3.4 km · church in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    East End Park

    East End Park, currently named KDM Group East End Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium situated in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland with a seating capacity of 11,480. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Championship side, Dunfermline Athletic The stadium currently comprises four stands: the East Stand, the Main Stand, the North Stand and the Norrie McCathie Stand.

    3 km · football stadium in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Pittencrieff Park

    Pittencrieff Park is a public park in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was purchased in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie, and given to the people of Dunfermline in a ceremony the following year.

    3.5 km · public park in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

    The Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened in Dunfermline, Scotland, on 29 August 1883 and was the world's first Carnegie Library funded by the Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was designed by Edinburgh architect James Campbell Walker who also designed the nearby Dunfermline City Chambers.

    3.3 km · public library in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial Museum

    The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is a biographical museum in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, dedicated to the life of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, "one of the great Scots of the 19th century.". The museum is operated by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and is housed in a category B listed building.

    3.6 km · museum in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Dunfermline City Chambers

    Dunfermline City Chambers is a municipal facility at the corner of Bridge Street and Kirkgate in Dunfermline, Fife. The building, which serves as home to the local area committee of Fife Council, is a Category A listed building.

    3.3 km · city hall in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Alhambra Theatre

    The Alhambra Theatre opened in Dunfermline, Scotland, on 14 August 1922. Designed by local architect John Fraser, it was constructed over a two-year period by George Stewart of Blantyre and is located on the corner of Canmore Street and New Row.

    3.4 km · theatre in Dunfermline, Scotland, formerly also used as a cinema and as a bingo hall · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Leonard's Parish Church, Brucefield Avenue, Dunfermline

    St Leonard's Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland located on Brucefield Avenue, Dunfermline, Scotland.

    3.7 km · church building in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Abbot House, Dunfermline

    Abbot House is the oldest secular building in Dunfermline, Scotland. Lying in the shadow of Dunfermline's great abbey church, the core of the building is 16th-century.

    3.3 km · historic house incorporating a heritage centre, in Dunfermline, Scotland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Malcolm's Tower

    Malcolm's Tower, also known as Malcolm Canmore's Tower, is a historic site in the Scottish city of Dunfermline, Fife. It consists of the foundations of a rubble built, rectangular tower enclosed by an oval shaped modern wall and is protected as a scheduled monument.

    3.4 km · ruins in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bowershall

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 18 km · Glasgow (GLA), 66 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 96 km
Stations
Dunfermline City railway station, 3.6 km · Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station, 3.2 km
  • Glasgow → Bowershall
    57 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Bowershall
    99 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £11–14
  • Aberdeen → Bowershall
    142 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £16–21
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bowershall

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bowershall. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundTaxi operators include NQ Ferry +44 1383 669755, Mac's Taxis +44 1383 411111, Graham's +44 1383 413505 and Forth Taxis +44 1383 611611.

From Wikivoyage: North Queensferry, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    120 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    124 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    148 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    201 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    202 km

If you know how people move in Bowershall – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Bowershall

Bowershall is 23 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kingseatvillage in Fife, Scotland, UK3.4 km
  • Townhillvillage in Fife, Scotland, UK2.5 km
  • Wellwoodvillage in Fife, Scotland, UK1.7 km