Kingseat
Kingseat is a village in Fife, Scotland, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Dunfermline.
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. According to local belief, the village’s name comes from royal visits to the area, where the king was said to have looked out over the River Forth and toward Arthur's Seat.
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Worth seeing in and around Kingseat
4 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.
- 01East 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.
3.2 km · football stadium in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Central Park also known as The Racewall is a multi-use stadium in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, used for football and stock car racing. It is situated in the centre of the town, just off the High Street, and has a capacity of 4,309.
4 km · football stadium in Cowdenbeath, Scotland · Wikipedia - 03Scottish Vintage Bus Museum
The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum is a transport museum in Lathalmond, 2.5 miles north of Dunfermline, Fife. The museum is open every Sunday between April and the start of October.
3.5 km · transport museum in Dunfermline, Fife · Wikipedia - 04Carnegie College
Carnegie College was a further education college based in Halbeath, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was established in 1899, with financial support from George Lauder and Andrew Carnegie and named after their father and uncle, respectively, George Lauder, Sr.
2 km · further education college in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kingseat
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 17 km · Glasgow (GLA), 69 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 99 km
- Stations
- Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station, 2.1 km
- Glasgow → Kingseat59 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–8
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Kingseat101 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £11–14
- Aberdeen → Kingseat14 km · quickest by road, 36 min · £1.5–2
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kingseat
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 Kingseat. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Kingseat
Kingseat is 21 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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