Milton of Balgonie
Milton of Balgonie is a small village in central Fife, Scotland.
Milton of Balgonie is a small village in central Fife, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Glenrothes between the nearby villages of Markinch and Coaltown of Balgonie to the west and Windygates to the east. Nearby attractions include Balgonie Castle which is situated between Milton and Coaltown. The ruins of Balfour House, where Mary, Queen of Scots sometimes resided, are to the south of the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Milton of Balgonie
2 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.
- 01Balgonie Castle
Balgonie Castle is located on the south bank of the River Leven near Milton of Balgonie, 3.5 kilometres east of Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The castle keep dates from the 14th century, and the remaining structures were added piecemeal until the 18th century.
800 m · castle in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Balbirnie House
Balbirnie House is an early 19th-century country house in Glenrothes, in central Fife, Scotland. The present house was completed in 1817 as a rebuild of an 18th-century building, itself a replacement for a 17th-century dwelling.
3.5 km · country house in Markinch parish, Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Milton of Balgonie
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 32 km · Glasgow (GLA), 90 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 120 km
- Stations
- Markinch railway station, 2.3 km · Cameron Bridge railway station, 2.7 km
- Glasgow → Milton of Balgonie81 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £9–12
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Milton of Balgonie122 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £14–19
- Aberdeen → Milton of Balgonie122 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Milton of Balgonie
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 Milton of Balgonie. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Milton of Balgonie
Milton of Balgonie is 28 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Markinchtown in Fife, Scotland, UK2.6 km
- Kennowayvillage in Fife, Scotland, UK2.9 km
- Windygatesvillage in Fife, Scotland, UK2.6 km
- Coaltown of Balgonievillage in Fife, Scotland, UK2.6 km
- WemyssScottish parish in Fife, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Baintownvillage in Fife, Scotland, UK3.9 km