Crossgates, Fife
| Crossgates | |
| Fife | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT144888 |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Cowdenbeath |
| Postcode: | KY4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Fife |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
Crossgates is a village in Fife, close to the junction of the M90 and A92, about two miles east of Dunfermline and a similar distance south-west of Cowdenbeath. The village name means 'crossroads': it is situated at the point where the main Dunfermline-Kirkcaldy road crosses the old Great North Road from Inverkeithing to Perth.[1][2]
According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 2,458.
Crossgates has a long history of mining, both deep and opencast. In 2008 ATH Resources opened an opencast mine at Muir Dean to the south of the village, with the intention of removing 2,000,000 tons of coal. Planning permission for the mine was initially refused, then granted on appeal, and in 2011 an application for an extension of the mine. However ATH Resources went into administration, leaving a potential ecological disaster: the majority of reparation works were later completed, with the former mine infilled, and the landscape returned to farmland.
Sport
- Football: Crossgates Primrose F.C., who play at Humbug Park in the village
- Lawn Bowls: the Bowling Club, located to the rear of the Community Centre (Miners' Institute), was founded in 1940
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Taylor, Simon (2006) The Place Names of Fife, Shaun Tyas, Donington, Lincs.
- ↑ "Fife Place-name Data :: Crossgates". https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=435.