Glenrothes
Glenrothes
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| Population | 38,679 |
| OS grid reference | NO281015 |
| • Edinburgh | 32 miles |
| • London | 444 miles |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLENROTHES |
| Postcode district | KY6-KY7 |
| Dialling code | 01592 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Glenrothes (Gleann Rathais in Gaelic) is a town located in the heart of the ancient Kingdom of Fife, in east central Scotland. It is approximately equidistant between Edinburgh and Dundee. Glenrothes was the second new town to be designated in Scotland under the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1946. It was established in 1948 and was created to attract new employment and population to mid-Fife with the creation of the Rothes Colliery, a major coal mine. The pit closed in 1961, only 4 years into production because of unstemmable flooding problems and a decline in coal requirements nationwide. Today Glenrothes has a population of around 40,000 people, is the administrative centre for Fife and has been successful in attracting a high number of modern industrial companies. The town is well known for its beautiful parks and landscaping, a plethora of sculptures and artworks and one of Scotland's largest indoor shopping malls.
History
Background
Glenrothes was designated in 1948 under the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1946. The land where Glenrothes now sits was largely agricultural and once contained a number of small farming communities. Originally the new town was going to be centred on Markinch, however the village's infrastructure was deemed unable to withstand the substantial growth required to realise a new town. Leslie and Thornton were also considered but as a consequence an area of 5,370 acres that sits between all of these villages was chosen. The land taken was previously an area of great natural beauty much of which was farm land. The policies of Balbirnie House, Leslie House, Balgeddie House falling under the land ownerships of the Balfour, Rothes, Aytoun and Balgonie estates were all incorporated in the Glenrothes designated area (Ferguson 1982, 1996).
The land was sub-divided into areas or "precincts" which were named after the hamlets already established (e.g. Woodside, Cadham), the farms which once occupied the land (e.g. Rimbleton, Caskieberran, Collydean) or historical stately homes in the area (e.g. Balgeddie, Balbirnie, Leslie Parks) (Ferguson 1982, 1996)(Cowling 1997).
The name Rothes comes from the association with the north-east Scotland Earl of Rothes, family name Leslie, who owned much of the land historically and after whom the largest local settlement Leslie, pre-Glenrothes New Town, was named, and still exists to the north-west of the town. Glen (Scottish for valley) was added to prevent confusion with Rothes in Moray, and because the town lies on the Leven valley (Ferguson 1982, 1996) (Cowling 1997) (Links Media 2006).
The primary reason for the designation of Glenrothes was to house miners who where to work at a new super coal mine. This was to be the most modern of the day and was built west of Thornton, an established village south of Glenrothes. The Super Pit was named the Rothes Colliery and it was officially opened by the Queen in 1957. About 5,000 miners were to be required to produce 5,000 tonnes of coal per day, and huge railway yards were established. The pit was to have a working life of 100 years. The planned long-term benefits were to be huge, and the driver for economic regeneration for central Fife. In 1961, 4 years after opening, the huge investment was written off and the mine run down because of un-stemmable flooding. Ironically, miners who'd worked in older deep pits in the area had fore-warned against the development of the Rothes Pit for this very reason. The state-of-the art engineering and design was closed, leaving the huge enclosed concrete wheel-towers standing at Thornton for many years as a forlorn symbol of the collapse (Ferguson 1982, 1996).
Originally the main industry in the Glenrothes area was paper-making (Tullis-Russell and the other mills along the Leven Valley) and coal mining. Unlike East Kilbride, Cumbernauld or Livingston Glenrothes was not originally to be a Glasgow overspill new town, although it did later take this role. It was however populated in the early 1950s in large part by mining families moving from the West of Scotland, particularly the Glasgow area, though many re-settled from the declining Lothian coalfields too (Ferguson 1982, 1996).
The loss of the pit was devastating and further development of the town was almost stopped. It did however help change the fortunes of the town. Glenrothes became an economic focal point for Central Scotland and as a result a plethora of modern electronics factories moved into the town. The first big overseas electronic investor was Beckmans Industries in 1959 followed by Hughes Industries in early 1960s. A number of other important companies followed and Glenrothes became a major hub in Scotland's Silicon Glen (Ferguson 1982, 1996) (Cowling 1997).
A further boost to the town during the 1970s saw it become the centre of Fife Council's operations. This took the role from Cupar which was formally the County Town of Fife. Fife House(the headquarters of Fife Council) and other Fife Council buildings are situated in Glenrothes' town centre. Fife Constabulary and Scottish Enterprise Fife also have their headquarters in the town. Today Glenrothes is the administrative centre for Fife (Ferguson 1982, 1996) (Cowling 1997).
The planning, development, management and promotion of Glenrothes was the responsibility of the Glenrothes Development Corporation (GDC), a quango appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland. Fife Council were responsible for implementing the infrastructure in the town such as schools, parks and roads (Cowling 1997).
The GDC was wound up in 1995, and was asked to undertake any last major works required in the town with the aid of a grant. The Leven Bridge crossing Riverside Park and the Kingdom Centre Phase 4, including the Rothes Halls were some of the last major projects undertaken. Property and assets of the town were either sold off to private companies or passed onto the responsibility of Fife Council. The winding up of the GDC meant that Glenrothes was no longer an official new town. Development and management of the town would now be undertaken by Fife Council. The development corporation left its lasting legacy on the town by overseeing the development of 15,378 houses, 480,692 sq m of industrial floorspace, 68,328 sq m of office floorspace and 53,603 sq m of shopping floorspace by 31 December 1995 (Ferguson 1996).
Glenrothes Today
While much of the townscape consists of unexceptional 20th century developments, Glenrothes has many surprises. Early precincts of Glenrothes present some of the best examples of post war social housing, two of which (at the time) won Saltire Society Awards. Three of the towns earliest churches, St. Margaret's, St. Paul's and St. Columba's, are now listed buildings.
The historical stately homes, Balbirnie House Hotel, Leslie House and Balgeddie House are all located in Glenrothes. Balbirnie House, former home of the Balfour family, was occupied by the Glenrothes Development Corporation (GDC) between 1981 until its wind up in 1996. The grounds of the mansion house were bought and developed in 1969 by the GDC to become Balbirnie Park and golf course. The former stable block of the house has been developed as the Balbirnie craft centre and Balbirnie House itself is now a luxury hotel. Balgeddie House, located in the northwest of the town, has also been converted into a luxury hotel (Ferguson 1982, 1996).
Leslie House, former home of the Rothes family, was once an eventide home owned by the Church of Scotland and most recently is set to become luxury apartments. Much of the former grounds of Leslie House have been used to create Riverside Park. Collydean precinct hosts a ruin of a 17th century laird's house called Pitcairn House. Ancient stone circles can be seen at Balbirnie and Balfarg in the northeast of the town (Ferguson 1982, 1996).
Glenrothes was the first Scottish new town to appoint a town artist in 1968 (Ferguson 1982, 1996). Today, as a result, there is a large variety of artworks and sculptures scattered throughout the town (around 132) made from a variety of materials such as bronze, fibre glass, bricks, sandstone and concrete. The sculptures range from giant flowers, giant hands, a dinosaur, toadstools, the Good Samaritan, a horse & chariot, dancing children, a seated old couple, crocodiles and marching Hippos (Cowling 1997).
Landscaping in Glenrothes often leaves the impression that many of the housing areas have been built in parkland. Housing has generally been built to high standards, especially when compared to other social housing areas in Scotland (Cowling 1997). Glenrothes is undoubtably modern however old buildings still exist and have been carefully integrated into the modern fabric of the town. It has been described as leaving the impression of "pleasant modernity"[1].
Glenrothes is sub-divided into different areas or "residential precincts". Each precinct has its own styles of housing and most have their own local shops, primary schools and community halls. The precincts are; Alburne Park, Auchmuty, Balbirnie, Bankhead, Balfarg, Balgeddie, Cadham, Caskieberran, Collydean, Coul, Finglassie, Formonthills, Forresters Lodge, Leslie Parks, Macedonia, Newcastle, Pitcairn, Pitcoudie, Pitteuchar, Prestonhall, Rimbleton, South Parks, Stenton, Tanshall, Whinnyknowe, Woodside.
Early Glenrothes precincts (Woodside up to South Parks) were based on Ebenezer Howard's Garden City principles and this is reflected in their housing styles and layouts. The precincts of the 1960s and 70's were based on principles of Radburn, separating as far as possible footpaths from roads. Precincts from the 1980s onwards have been developed by the private sector and more reflect today's aspirations of suburban living (Cowling 1997).
Glenrothes came late into high rise development and as a result it has only a single tower block, which is located adjacent to other tall buildings in the town centre. The townscape is largely low rise until the town centre is reached where flats and taller buildings have been used (Cowling 1997).
Glenrothes also serves a wider area as both a service, employment and retail centre. There are a number of attractive villages surrounding the town each unique in their own respect. The surrounding villages are Markinch, Leslie, Thornton, Coaltown of Balgonie, Star of Markinch, Milton of Balgonie (with Balgonie Castle) and Kinglassie. Slightly further afield are Falkland, Freuchie, Windygates, Kennoway, Muirhead, Auchmuirbridge and Scotlandwell.
Geography
Glenrothes lies in mid-Fife between the agricultural Howe of Fife in the north and east and Fife's industrial heartland in the south and west. It is located approximately equidistant between the cities of Edinburgh and Dundee. Its OS Grid reference is NO281015.
The northern parts of the town lie upland on the southern fringes of the Lomond Hills Regional Park. The central parts of the town lie on land between the southern lip of the River Leven Valley, a green lung which passes east west through the town, and the Warout ridge. Southern parts of Glenrothes are largely industrial and lie on land which gently slopes south towards the Lochty Burn and the village of Thornton.
Temperatures in Glenrothes, like the rest of Scotland, are relatively moderate given its northern latitude. Fife is a peninsula, located between the Firth of Tay in the north, the Firth of Forth in the south and the North Sea in the east. Summers are relatively cool and the warming of the water over the summer results in warm winters. Average annual temperatures in Glenrothes range from a max of 18°c to a min of 9°c [2].
Demographics
Scotland's Census 2001 showed that Glenrothes has a population of 38,679. The demographic make-up of the population is much in line with the rest of Scotland, with 30-44 year olds forming the largest portion of the population (23%). Despite the aging population in Scotland, Glenrothes has 2% fewer pensioners than the Scottish average. Detailed information about Glenrothes from the Census can be obtained from this Executive website.
The General Register Office for Scotland estimates the 2004 population of the 'Settlement of Glenrothes' at 46,830 [3]. This will be the total population of the town and the surrounding villages of Leslie, Markinch, Thornton and Coaltown of Balgonie.
Economy
Glenrothes' economy is currently strong with unemployment levels in line with the Scottish average. Glenrothes provides the highest number of jobs (approx 36,000) of any single settlement in Fife [4] This situation is particularly evident when compared to the more deprived towns in the travel to work area, Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth [5][6]. Employment in Glenrothes is largely concentrated in the town centre and in the industrial estates.
Town Centre and Shopping
Glenrothes town centre is located on the southern lip of the Leven Valley. It is bounded by a ring road, has been purposely planned, contains no residential element and is largely enclosed (see aerial view). These are all factors which distinguish it from Fife's other town centres.
The Kingdom Centre forms the main shopping element of the town centre. It is one of the largest single-level indoor shopping centres in Scotland with around 40,000 sq m (430,000 sq ft) of (gross) floorspace [7] [8] [9]. The centre is popular locally, a fact demonstrated by it having some of the highest levels of footfall in Fife [10]. The shopping mall currently contains over 100 shops as well as a variety of cafes, the town's central library, the Rothes Halls - the town's theatre and a ten pin bowling alley (Cowling 1997). The town's main bus station is located adjacent to the southeast end of the mall.
The shopping centre opened in 1963 and has developed with the growth of the town, being built in four main phases:
- Phase 1- Lyon Square 1963
- Phase 2- Falkland Square 1976
- Phase 3- Unicorn Square 1982
- Phase 4- Rothes Square 1993
Shopping in Glenrothes is to be significantly enhanced in the near future with expansion of the Kingdom Centre proposed at North Street. A Sainsbury's is set to take shape, by building one of Scotland's biggest branches on North Street, where the Glenrothes House and YMCA will be relocated to new premises. This is due to open next year. [11][12].
Outwith the shopping centre are a variety of other premises including a bingo hall, a night club, offices, pubs, bars, restaurants, churches, a hotel, a post office, a vet, dentists, banks and building societies.
The town centre has also been extended at Queensway where retail and leisure outlets, plus a Small industrial estate have been developed. A new ASDA store is due to open in 2009 in the retail park extension which Fife Council gave the go-ahead on 10 July 2007 according to the Fife Herald. [13] [14].
An out of centre retail park has also been built at the Saltire Centre with large bulky goods and out-of-town retailers. Planning permission has been granted for the redevelopment of the Saltire Centre. This will include new roundabout access, increased retail floorspace and a new drive-thru restaurant [15].
Glenrothes also has a number of neighbourhood shopping centres located at strategic points throughout the town. These contain parades of small shops and a variety of public facilities. The first of these to be built was the Woodside Centre. The Glenwood Centre, the Glamis Centre and the Cadham Centre followed as the town developed. Local shopping is also available in most residential precincts which contain their own local newsagents.
Industry
Glenrothes employment premises are largely modern and are located in a number of attractive, well landscaped industrial and employment sites, all of which are well connected with the Central Scotland road network. The entrance to each estate is clearly defined with the use of obelisk boundary markers.
Employment sites in Glenrothes are concentrated in the south of the town and at sites around the town centre. Each estate has been named, these are: Bankhead, Westwood Park, Eastfield, Fife Airport, Pentland Park, Queensway, Southfield, Viewfield, Warout and Whitehill. These estates are largely managed by Fife Council and Scottish Enterprise Fife.
The highest proportion of jobs in Glenrothes are in the Manufacturing and the Public Administration, Education and Health sectors. Traditional industries are still existent in the area, with paper manufacturing being one of the town's largest employers. The Tullis Russell plant is the last operational paper manufacturer in Glenrothes following the closure of two smaller plants in the area. The plant is currently in the process of selling its surrounding land to developers in order to fund a biomass powerstation[16].
Manufacturing accounts for around 20% of employment in Glenrothes [17] and a Silicon Glen background continues to play an important role in Glenrothes' economy. A number of high tech industrial companies are located in Glenrothes largely specialised in electronics and engineering manufacturing.
Semefab, based in Eastfield, is the UK's Primary Centre for the development of Micro Electric Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Nanotechnology. This is expected to contribute £53 million to the Scottish Economy [18][19].
Raytheon are global leaders in the hi-tech and defence markets and a recent project will see the company's Queensway branch supply products to the aerospace and telecommunications industries. [20]
Other major companies in Glenrothes include Brand Rex, Velux, BI Technologies, Compugraphics, CRC Group Micronas and Amazon.co.uk. The latter is the most recent company to locate in Glenrothes and take advantage of it as an employment base.
There are signs now however that the town's economy is beginning to diversify to service sector and other forms of employment in line with national trends. This is evident with new office developments at Viewfield and Pentland Park and the mix of uses emerging at Queensway and Bankhead.
Glenrothes is the Administrative Centre for Fife containing the Local Authority's prominent headquarters building at North Street in the town's centre. Many of the other Council departments are contained in a number of the town centre's office blocks. Fife Constabulary have established their modern headquarters at a site on Detroit Road in Viewfield and Scottish Enterprise Fife have their headquarters in Pentland Park. Other companies established in the town include the Inland Revenue and Virgin Media.
Culture
Parks and Sports
Glenrothes has a number of well maintained parks at Riverside, Balbirnie, Warout, Gilvenbank, Tanshall, Dovecot, Carleton and Stenton. Around one third of land in Glenrothes has been devoted to the provision of open space (Ferguson 1982, 1996). The town boasts good sports facilities with 2 golf courses (Glenrothes and Balbirnie), a football stadium at Warout and a main sports complex at the Fife Institute (FIPRE).
The local football club is the Glenrothes F.C., a junior side who play at Warout Park. Glenrothes also has a rugby club based at Carleton and a cricket club who play at Riverside Park.
There are plans to build a new multi-million pound sports centre on the site of the existing Fife Institute by early 2009 [21].
Theatre & Civic Centre
The Rothes Halls complex acts as the civic heart of Glenrothes. It is located in the Kingdom Centre and is used as the town's theatre and its exhibition, conference and civic centre. The theatre has capacity for over 1,000 people split between 2 main halls [22]. The flexible nature of the complex means it can cater for a large variety of events. The Stereophonics, Terrorvision, and Ken Dodd are among some of the well-known acts to have performed there. Plays, an annual beer festival, model railway exhibitions and acts from a number of tribute bands are also some of the many events hosted at Rothes Halls [23]. The town's central library and a cafe also form part of the Rothes Halls complex.
Media
Glenrothes has a weekly newspaper, the "Glenrothes Gazette" which is operated by the Fife Free Press group. The Glenrothes Gazette is published every Wednesday.
"The Courier", a daily newspaper operated by DC Thomson & Co Ltd, covers news in the Fife and Tayside area including Glenrothes.
Kingdom FM operates on 95.2 and 96.1 MHz. This station broadcasts from the former Haig factory in the village of Markinch located immediately east of Glenrothes and operates as a local radio network.
Forth One broadcasts from Edinburgh and covers the south Fife area, including Glenrothes. It operates on a wave length of 97.3 MHz(FM). Forth 2 sister station to Forth One operates on a wave length of 1548 kHz(Medium Wave).
Tay FM broadcasts from Dundee and primarily covers the north Fife area, including Glenrothes. It operates on a wave length of 102.8 MHz(FM). Tay AM also broadcasts from Dundee and operates on 1161 kHz (AM)
These two latter radio stations operate on a regional basis covering most of East Central Scotland.
Famous people
Famous people include the trumpeter John Wallace, the actor Dougray Scott and Henry McLeish, the former first minister who lived there, having been brought up in neighbouring Kennoway. Glenrothes town centre is home to the building involved in the notorious "Officegate" scandal, which led to McLeish's resignation in 2001.
Twin town
Böblingen in Germany.
Glenrothes High School has operated a successful school exchange with the Albert Einstein Gymnasium in Böblingen for a number of years.
Transport
Road
Glenrothes has direct dual-carriageway access to the M90 via the A92 Trunk Road. The A92 passes north/south through the town and connects Glenrothes with Dundee in the north and Edinburgh in the south. The A911 trunk road passes east/west through the town and connects it with Levenmouth in the east and Milnathort and the M90 in the west.
Bus
A central bus station is located in Glenrothes Town Centre where Stagecoach operate regular services to adjacent towns and cities.
Train
Glenrothes-with-Thornton railway station is located in the village of Thornton to the south of Glenrothes. It lies on the Fife Circle rail loop. Markinch railway station is the nearest station to Glenrothes Town Centre (approx 1.5 miles). It lies on the Aberdeen to London east coast line and is currently being upgraded with a new station building, longer platforms, and park and ride facilities. It is eventually hoped that regular bus services will link the station with Glenrothes and Leven Town Centres.[24]
Airports
Edinburgh Airport is the nearest major airport to Glenrothes. It is within an hour's drive of the town and has regular flights to London, other UK destinations and beyond. Dundee Airport also, to a lesser extent, operates daily flights to London and is within 40 minutes drive of the town.
Glenrothes is also home to an airfield, Fife Airport (ICAO code EGPJ), which is used by Tayside Aviation to train pilots. The airport is able to accomodate private light aircraft and also contains a small restaurant.
It was originally intended that the airport would serve the industrial areas of the town for transport of key employees to and from Glenrothes and would potentially support flights to London (Ferguson 1982, 1996).
Ferry
Within 20-25 minutes drive is a ferry terminal at Rosyth which has daily links to Zeebrugge, Belgium in mainland Europe.
Education
Primary
Glenrothes has 12 non-denominational primary schools. These are:
- Carlton Primary School
- Caskieberran Primary School
- Collydean Primary School
- Newcastle Primary School
- Pitcoudie Primary School
- Pitteuchar East Primary School
- Pitteuchar West Primary School
- Rimbleton Primary School
- South Parks Primary School
- Southwood Primary School
- Tanshall Primary School
- Warout Primary School
There is one denominational school in Glenrothes. This is:
The John Fergus School, adjacent to Warout Primary, serves children with learning difficulties.
Secondary
The town also has 3 non-denominational High Schools:
Denominational pupils are served by St. Andrews High School in Kirkcaldy.
Further
Glenrothes also has its own college campus at Stenton Road adjacent to the Fife Institute. Formally Glenrothes College it has recently merged with Fife College in Kirkcaldy to become the Adam Smith College. This is now Scotland's third largest college and has particular strengths in the creative arts and industries, applied technologies and media. The Glenrothes campus is set to be improved in the near future with a new campus being proposed to replace the existing one [25].
St.Andrews, Scotland's oldest university, is within 30 minutes drive of the town. Glenrothes is also within commuting distance of the universities in Dundee, Edinburgh and Stirling.
Places of Worship
Glenrothes is home to a number of churches. The three earliest are now listed buildings. These are St. Margaret's Church in Woodside (Grade-C listed), St. Paul's RC Church in Auchmuty (Grade-B listed), and St. Columba's Church on Church Street (Grade-A listed) in the town centre. St. Paul's RC was designed by architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and has been described as "as the most significant piece of modern church architecture north of the English Channel" [26]. In 1993 it was listed as one of sixty key monuments of post-war architecture by the international conservation organisation DoCoMoMo. St. Columba's was designed by architects Wheeler & Sproson and has recently received lottery funding for its restoration [27].
Other churches in the town are;
- The Glenrothes Baptist Church, Town Centre
- St. Lukes Church, Auchmuty
- St. Ninians Church, Tanshall
- Christs Kirk, Pitteuchar
- Christs Kirk on the Hill, Pitcoudie/Cadham
- Collydean Baptist Church
- The Salvation Army, Caskieberran Road
The town also has places of worship for Jehovah's Witnesses and for Muslims.
Pictures
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The Leven Bridge soars over Riverside Park -
Giant Irises, Leslie Roundabout -
The Dream sculpture, Auchmuty -
Giant hands sculpture, Collydean -
The Good Samaritan sculpture, Riverside Park -
The Henge, Balfarg
References & Notes
- ^ Undiscovered Scotland website, Glenrothes featurepage [1]
- ^ Weather.co.uk website Glenrothes Climate Stats[2]
- ^ General Register for Scotland, 2004 population estimates [3]
- ^ Fife Council (2006/07) Glenrothes Economic Profile [4]
- ^ Fife Council (2006/07)Kirkcaldy Economic Profile [5])
- ^ Fife Council (2006/07)Levenmouth Economic Profile [6])
- ^ Kingdom Shopping Centre website- Agent Zone [7]
- ^ Fife Council (2006) Glenrothes Town Centre Profile [8]
- ^ Fife Council (2006) Fife Town Centre Audit [9]
- ^ Fife Council (2006) Fife Town Centres Footfall Study [10]
- ^ The Courier (2007) Sainsbury’s Glenrothes plan comes step closer [11]
- ^ Kingdom Centre website, development plans [12]
- ^ MacDonald Estates website Glenrothes- Tullis Russell Joint Venture[13]
- ^ Glenrothes Gazette (2007) Shopping Revolution in Glenrothes[14]
- ^ Fife Direct, planning applications online [15]
- ^ Glenrothes Gazette (2007) FIRM HOLDS ITS BREATH [16]
- ^ Fife Council (2006/07) Glenrothes Economic Profile [17]
- ^ Semefab news article, SEMEFAB TO OFFER UK’S FIRST MEMS OPEN ACCESS FACILITY [18]
- ^ Fife Council (2006)Sector Profiles- Electronics [19]
- ^ Glenrothes Gazette (2007) BUSINESS ROCKETS FOR RAYTHEON [20]
- ^ Glenrothes Gazette (2007) NEW MOVE FOR £15 MILLION COMPLEX [21]
- ^ Rothes Halls website [22]
- ^ Rothes Halls performance lineup [23]
- ^ First Scotrail news article, STATION IMPROVEMENTS WORK- Markinch Interchange Contract Awarded [24]
- ^ Adam Smith College press release, COLLEGE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEXT STAGE OF CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT [25]
- ^ Tricia Marwick (MSP) Scottish Parliament Official Report (Col735)- Architecture & the Built Environment (2001) [26]
- ^ The Scotsman (2007) £1.1m LOTTERY CASH FOR CRUMBLING CHURCHES[27]
Primary sources
- Ferguson, K (1982) A History of Glenrothes (Glenrothes Development Corporation)
- Ferguson, K (1996) A New Town's Heritage: Glenrothes 1948-1995 (Glenrothes Development Corporation)
- Cowling, D (1997) An Essay for Today: Scottish New Towns 1947-1997 (Rutland Press, Edinburgh)
- Links Media (2005)&(2006) Glenrothes and surrounding villages (Cupar)
External links
- Film- New Day, Glenrothes
- Scotland on Film new town archive
- Film- New Towns in Scotland
- Glenrothes on FifeDirect
- Glenrothes on Undiscovered Scotland
- Fife News
- Glenrothes Spoon - community site
- Kingdom Shopping Centre, Glenrothes
- Rothes Halls, Glenrothes
- Glenrothes Economic Profile
- Adopted Glenrothes Area Local Plan 2003
Further interest
Town Rivalry, Glenrothes Vs Kirkcaldy
New Towns
- "The Dissappointing New Towns of Great Britain
- "New Towns: Can They Be Given New Life?"
- "Building Towns for the future"