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  1. Glenrothes

Where is Glenrothes?

Glenrothes is located in the county of Fife, Scotland, one mile west of the town of Markinch, 20 miles south-west of the major city of Dundee, 17 miles north of Edinburgh, 326 miles north of Cardiff, and 346 miles north of London. Glenrothes lies three miles south-east of the Perth and Kinross border. Glenrothes falls within the unitary authority of Fife. It is in the KY7 postcode district. The post town for Glenrothes is Glenrothes.

Glenrothes on a map

Map showing extent of Glenrothes as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Glenrothes
Map showing location of Glenrothes within the UK
Location of Glenrothes within the UK

Which county is Glenrothes in?

Glenrothes is in the ceremonial county of Fife, the historic county of Fife, and the administrative county of Fife.

Ceremonial CountyFife
Historic CountyFife
Administrative CountyFife

Where is Glenrothes in Fife?

Glenrothes is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Fife, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Fife.

Map showing location of Glenrothes within Fife
Location of Glenrothes within Fife

What is the postcode for Glenrothes?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Glenrothes is KY7 4BJ.

Where is Glenrothes in KY7?

Glenrothes is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the KY7 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the KY7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Glenrothes within KY7
Location of Glenrothes within KY7

What is the post town for Glenrothes?

The post town for Glenrothes is Glenrothes. Glenrothes is in the KY7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Glenrothes.

What is the latitude and longitude of Glenrothes?

The centre of Glenrothes is located at position 56.19519° latitude and -3.17133° longitude.

Latitude56.19519°
Longitude-3.17133°

What is the easting and northing of Glenrothes?

The centre of Glenrothes is located at the grid reference easting 327414 and northing 700904 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting327414
Northing700904

What are the nearest towns to Glenrothes?

Position of Glenrothes relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Glenrothes to the centre of the town.

west
1m
Glenrothes is 1 mile west of Markinch
east
2m
Glenrothes is 2 miles east of Leslie
south
4m
Glenrothes is 4 miles south of Falkland
west
6m
Glenrothes is 6 miles west of Buckhaven
south
6m
Glenrothes is 6 miles south of Ladybank
west
6m
Glenrothes is 6 miles west of Methil
north
6m
Glenrothes is 6 miles north of Kirkcaldy
west
7m
Glenrothes is 7 miles west of Leven
north-east
7m
Glenrothes is 7 miles north-east of Lochgelly
south
7m
Glenrothes is 7 miles south of Auchtermuchty

What are the nearest cities to Glenrothes?

Position of Glenrothes relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Glenrothes to the centre of the city.

north-east
14m
Glenrothes is 14 miles north-east of Dunfermline
north
17m
Glenrothes is 17 miles north of Edinburgh
south-east
17m
Glenrothes is 17 miles south-east of Perth
south-west
20m
Glenrothes is 20 miles south-west of Dundee
east
30m
Glenrothes is 30 miles east of Stirling
north-east
47m
Glenrothes is 47 miles north-east of Glasgow
south-west
78m
Glenrothes is 78 miles south-west of Aberdeen
north
91m
Glenrothes is 91 miles north of Carlisle
south-east
97m
Glenrothes is 97 miles south-east of Inverness
north-west
104m
Glenrothes is 104 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne

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