Auchterderran
| Auchterderran Gaelic: Uachdar Doirein | |
| Fife | |
|---|---|
 Mining Memorial, Auchterderran | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT2195 |
| Location: | 56°8’24"N, 3°16’12"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 11,775 |
| Post town: | Lochgelly |
| Postcode: | KY5 |
| Dialling code: | 01592 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Fife |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Glenrothes |
Auchterderran is a village and parish in Fife adjacent to the border with Kinross-shire. Other settlements in the parish include Cardenden and Lochgelly. Surrounding parishes are Portmoak (in Kinross-shire) to the north; Kinglassie to the east; Kirkcaldy and Dysart to the south-east; Auchtertool to the south-west; and Beath and Ballingry to the west. Part of Lochgelly extends into Ballingry parish and part of Ballingry extends into Auchterderran parish.
The River Ore, which has its source in the parish of Ballingry, flows through this parish, in its course to the Leven. Railway stations at Lochgelly and Cardenden are situated on the Fife Circle Line.
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